CNA Columns
Rebuilding Catholic Culture: The Father – Yours, Mine, and Ours
At the very end of “Adam’s Rib,” the 1949 film starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, Amanda quips to her... Read more
Why the sciences will never disprove the existence of God
Given the ruminations of Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, one might have thought that the absolute limit of... Read more
Think and pray about your vote in upcoming election
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ: Much attention was given at the Democratic National Convention held recently in Charlotte, N.C.,... Read more
Rebuilding Catholic culture: sing to the Lord
“What have they done to our music!” A passionate cry from many American Catholics. The rampant impoverishment of Catholic Church... Read more
From Vaughan Williams in London to Rachmaninov in Rimini
During a late summer adventure that took me to Rimini, Italy, I was able to stop over in London for... Read more
In secret service of the Sacred Heart
Born sometime between 1833 and 1848 in Hannibal, Missouri, Julia Greeley was freed during the Civil War although we don’t... Read more
Violence in the Middle East: the witness of Pope Benedict XVI
On Friday, Sept. 14, Pope Benedict XVI began a three-day trip to Lebanon. As he was arriving in Beirut, in... Read more
Rebuilding Catholic Culture: Church Music and the Fad of ‘Folk’ Style
I will never forget that moment! Flinging off his eyeglasses, he glared at me, “Sister, what have you done to... Read more
Savvy headhunters and the hookup culture
I first came across the term “hookup culture” in Leonard Sax’s thought provoking and disturbing 2005 book, Why Gender Matters.... Read more
'We have no king but Caesar:' Some thoughts on Catholic faith and public life
A priest I know does a lot of spiritual direction. Two of the men he was helping died suddenly this... Read more
There is no democracy if God and reason are separated
“At a certain point in its history, Islam abandoned reason in the belief that the human mind cannot know good... Read more
Rebuilding Catholic culture: sacred images
Catholic and Orthodox Christians will be forever indebted to St. John Damascene (8th century) for having defended the doctrinal basis... Read more
Why the Queenship of Mary matters
The Catholic Church annually celebrates the feast of the Queenship of Mary. I would imagine that most people, upon hearing... Read more
Mary, our hope
Christian poets over the centuries have sung the praises of Mary, the Mother of God and our Mother. The American... Read more
Rebuilding Catholic Culture: Church architecture
In the eighth-century, St. John Damascene posed a challenge to Christians: If a pagan comes and asks you to show... Read more
Is man by nature in relation to the infinite?
The headline above has been posed as a question. However, at the Rimini Meeting in Italy, from which I have... Read more
Survey says
Worried conservatives reacted negatively to the news that Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York had invited Barack Obama to the... Read more
The new atheism and the new ‘symphony orchestra’
Last Sunday, the New York Times Magazine featured an article entitled, “God Who?” According to its reportage, a new and... Read more
Crossroads for the United States
I wrote my column for the July issue of The Catholic Transcript a few hours after the decision of the... Read more
The great both/and of Catholic social teaching
For many on the left, Paul Ryan is a menace, the very embodiment of cold, indifferent Republicanism, and for many... Read more
