1. Silence as a Christian ascetical value In the negative sense, silence…
Category: Articles (page 31)
“People should live peacefully together”
News of Islamic terrorism never seems to leave the front page.…
Three impediments to proclaiming the mighty acts of the Lord today
The theme for this year’s Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity was…
Irish Catholics, where are you?
Irish Catholicism has gone underground, leaving the public square and the forum…
Man as the ‘Priest of Creation’
In the foreword to his latest encyclical letter Laudato Si, the Holy…
Create in Me a Clean Heart
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops recently issued a letter…
Roger Scruton: ‘These left thinkers have destroyed the intellectual life’
Ours is an age of intellectual conformism, in which expressing offensive opinions…
The Church: A Historical View
I am a Church historian, and received a doctorate in this discipline…
Rodney Stark: “The world is more religious than it has ever been”
Is there more faith than not in the world? “The world is…