2020 September

Letters to the Editor: September 2020
The Waiting Is the Hardest Part... Fr. Maciel’s “Lieutenants”... Worthy of the Original... The Coronavirus Conundrum... Sympathy for the Stones... and more
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The News You May Have Missed: September 2020
False Flag... Local Hero... Bread & Circuses NYC... Treasure Hunt... Monkey Business... Talk to the Glove... Double Donors... and more
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Why We Need Teachers
People require outside influences to educe their latent talents, to cultivate the manners and morals that produce civility and intelligence.
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The Ancient Game of Guilt Abatement
Pew-sitters and religious leaders have come up with their own formulas to lessen the pain of guilt, all of them at odds with Scripture.
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Will the Coronavirus Lockdowns Usher in a Mustard-Seed Church?
The willful suppression of the sacraments by Catholic leaders could portend the diminution of the Church in both numbers and influence.
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Dying Alone During the Pandemic: The Example of St. Augustine
Dying alone offers us an occasion for honest introspection and heartfelt contrition for the sins we have committed.
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The Catholic Church in the Crosshairs
It is a cruel irony that, in less than a century, Catholics have gone from being victimized as unwelcome immigrants to being widely perceived as racist victimizers.
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The Constant Gardener. By John le Carré.
Does the international pharmaceutical industry indeed use destitute black Africans as guinea pigs for its clinical trials?
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Churchmen in Antebellum Dixie
Scrutinizing bishops for not siding with abolitionists involves a failure to realize that abolitionism was associated with violence and lawlessness.
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Briefly Reviewed: September 2020
Here we review When Silence Speaks: The Life and Spirituality of Elisabeth Leseur... Paul, A New Covenant Jew: Rethinking Pauline Theology
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Last Things
Writing directly about what one knows, without trying to impress anyone, produces the most interesting and enjoyable writing.
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