Their conviction came just a few months ago, but Finnish Member of Parliament Päivi Räsänen and Bishop Juhana Pohjola have already endured more than six years of punishment for religious speech. Continue Reading...
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June 11, 2026
Robert Louis Wilken: 1936–2026
In my first year at the University of Virginia, I registered for a course on the history of Christianity from the birth of Christ to the conversion of Vladimir the Great of the Kievan Rus in 988. Continue Reading...
June 10, 2026
Sagrada Familia: A Church for the Ages
On the 29th of July 1909, as darkness fell over the Turó del Carmel hillside, Antoni Gaudí climbed onto the roof of his Parc Güell home. He was 57 years old. Continue Reading...
June 09, 2026
The Fight to Protect Women’s Sports Is an Economic Battle, Too
Today, more than 3.4 million girls participate in high school athletics nationwide, which represents about half of all high school girls. That’s up from roughly 4% in 1972, when Title IX—the federal law requiring that girls have equal opportunity to participate in all aspects of education, including sports—became law. Continue Reading...
June 04, 2026
Tolkien and Tech
Given J.R.R. Tolkien’s self-evident greatness (and the millions of copies his novels have sold), it is perhaps little surprise that HarperCollins—the house now responsible for publishing his works—continually unearths obscure texts to bring out in new editions. Continue Reading...
June 03, 2026
Europe’s Bureaucratization of Parenting
In 2021, Spain became the first country in the European Union to impose fully equal and mandatory parental leave: six compulsory weeks for each parent, nontransferable immediately after birth. The policy has since been held up as a model of equality and is now being studied as a template across Europe. Continue Reading...
June 02, 2026
Murder Most Profound
Anthony Malcolm Daniels, who writes under the pen name Theodore Dalrymple, is the most irritating kind of cultural critic; he stubbornly refuses to accommodate himself to the ever-shifting categorical boundaries of the times. Continue Reading...
May 29, 2026
Magnifica Humanitas: Between Babel and Jerusalem in the Age of AI
In his first social encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV offers a compelling reflection on the relationship between artificial intelligence and human dignity. The much-anticipated document was signed on May 25 by a pope who pledged to immediately confront the AI revolution morally and pastorally during his papacy. Continue Reading...
May 28, 2026
Humanity, Magnificent, at a Crossroads
By the time you finish this article, Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, will bear the tire marks of a thousand different journalists, columnists, and influencers, each driving his or her own interpretive agenda across its 245 paragraphs. Continue Reading...
May 27, 2026
The Economics of Magnifica Humanitas
It has been a while since I awaited the publication of a papal document with as much eagerness as I have Magnifica Humanitas. Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical is itself magnificent, and I’m looking forward to prayerfully reading it over and over, not only as a guide to navigating the new world of artificial intelligence but also as an excellent historical overview and synopsis of the essential principles of Catholic Social Teaching. Continue Reading...
