Columns Archives - The Catholic Thing


Some Talking – and Listening – Points

Saturday, October 5, 2024


Badass Christianity

Friday, October 4, 2024


How to Be a Missionary Church

Thursday, October 3, 2024


The Beginning of the End Or. . . .

Wednesday, October 2, 2024


Liturgy: Active or Contemplative?

Tuesday, October 1, 2024


American Catholic Refugees

Monday, September 30, 2024


The Intolerance of the Tolerant

Sunday, September 29, 2024


Medjugorje: Good Fruit from a Bad Tree?

Saturday, September 28, 2024


Does ‘Divine Inspiration Inhabit Every Faith’?

Friday, September 27, 2024


The Extravagant Wealth of Donkeys

Thursday, September 26, 2024


Evangelization and the City

Wednesday, September 25, 2024


No Bad Boys: ‘Heart of a Servant, the Father Flanagan Story’

Tuesday, September 24, 2024


Wojtyła on Conflict, Justice, and the Social Order

Monday, September 23, 2024


Receiving Christ in a Child

Sunday, September 22, 2024


When Michelangelo’s ‘Pietà’ Came to New York

Saturday, September 21, 2024


Ex Uno Plures

Friday, September 20, 2024


Wonder of Wonders

Thursday, September 19, 2024


Are American Catholics ‘Politically Homeless’?

Wednesday, September 18, 2024


The Stigmata of St. Francis

Tuesday, September 17, 2024


Dubia from an Atheist

Monday, September 16, 2024


Liturgical Season in Hiding

Sunday, September 15, 2024


Calling on the Cross

Saturday, September 14, 2024


The Church’s Commonplace Book

Friday, September 13, 2024


Final Childhood

Thursday, September 12, 2024


The Appearance of Double Standards

Wednesday, September 11, 2024


Of Character and Good Shepherds

Tuesday, September 10, 2024


The Curious Career of Cultural Christianity

Monday, September 9, 2024


The Birth of Mary

Sunday, September 8, 2024


Imitating ‘Reagan’

Saturday, September 7, 2024


Will ‘Generation Z’ Take Us All to Hell?

Friday, September 6, 2024


Imagining the Future

Thursday, September 5, 2024


Belief and Conflict

Wednesday, September 4, 2024


Voting for the Millstone

Tuesday, September 3, 2024


The Gospel of Work

Monday, September 2, 2024


The Father of Lies

Sunday, September 1, 2024


Cinematic Priests

Saturday, August 31, 2024


Cultural Elephants in the Retirement Room

Friday, August 30, 2024


The Pimlico Principle

Thursday, August 29, 2024


Lessons of August

Wednesday, August 28, 2024


Sacred Space for Sale

Tuesday, August 27, 2024


For the Time Being

Monday, August 26, 2024


The Authority of the Body

Sunday, August 25, 2024


Tearing Down the Rupnik Idol

Saturday, August 24, 2024


The Nose Knows

Friday, August 23, 2024


No Politics is Local Now

Thursday, August 22, 2024


The Self-Alienation of Cultural Marxism

Wednesday, August 21, 2024


Whose Oppressive Discourse?

Tuesday, August 20, 2024


American Jews Confront the Catholic Problem

Monday, August 19, 2024


Learning to Love God’s Law

Sunday, August 18, 2024


Bob Newhart, Comedy, and Augustine’s ‘Confessions’

Saturday, August 17, 2024