Both Worm and Worthy

Apr 12, 2024 by

By Trevin Wax, TGC. When Oprah Winfrey ended her long-running daytime talk show in 2011, I tuned in to the final episode, recognizing the significance of the host’s presence and influence on American life. A moment that stood out to me...

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‘Come and have breakfast’: Unravelling the mystery of food in Jesus’ life

Apr 3, 2024 by

By Richard Ounsworth OP, Catholic Herald. I wrote in this column a couple of years ago that “there is something odd about Christ’s risen body”, which I suppose is fairly obvious. But I meant something more than the fact that it was risen,...

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God gone silent

Mar 30, 2024 by

By Peter Leithart, First Things. God’s advent is accompanied by great noise. He walks in Eden “in the Spirit of the day,” and descends to Sinai with a trumpet blast. To Ezekiel, his voice is the clamor of many waters. When he appears in...

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A Kingship Not of This World

Mar 30, 2024 by

By John F Doherty, Public Discourse. In its Declaration on Religious Freedom, Dignitatis Humanae, the Catholic Church gave its answer to the question whether the force of civil law may make baptized Christians, or anyone, conform to...

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The Source of All Blessings

Mar 29, 2024 by

By Fr Benedict Kiley, European Conservative. The Cross is the most awful sign the world has ever known, and the only sign that brings victory and hope: “In hoc signo vinces.” Most people know the apocryphal story of the person who goes...

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Courage to Engage the World: Thomism at 750

Mar 12, 2024 by

By R J Snell, Public Discourse. It is 750 years since Thomas Aquinas died on March 7, 1274. Merely forty-nine at the time of his death and, despite a short writing career of only two decades, beset with many duties of teaching, preaching,...

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