A new book, “Flannery O’Connor’s Why Do the Heathen Rage: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Work in Progress,” examines the southern writer’s views on race through the lens of her projective novel. While not, as advertised, an “unfinished novel” the book is
We sometimes hear the admonition that we should “forgive and forget.” The implication is that authentic forgiveness of a transgression necessarily implies forgetting the offense. Yet memory is an important part of our moral development. It helps both parties become better people.
Some people might have thought that the long-awaited demise of Roe v. Wade in June 2022 would end the need for an annual “March for Life.” The primary purpose of the yearly ritual from 1973 to 2022 had been to protest the
“What good is it … if someone says he has faith but does not have works?” asks the Epistle of Saint James. “Can that faith save him?” “You see that faith was active along with his works,” explains Saint James, “and faith
Now is the time when people are busy compiling “best of lists” for 2023 and predictions for 2024. Acts of remembering and predicting are rooted in the meaning and effects of time, duration and change on our moral development. In turn, the
“To promote theology in the future, we cannot limit ourselves abstractly to reproposing formulas and schemes from the past,” begins Pope Francis’s new instruction on the nature of theology, “Ad Theologiam Promovendam.” The problem with the new instruction, argues Our Sunday Visitor
Anyone who says Evening Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours regularly recites the Magnificat from the first chapter of the Gospel of Luke. Named for its first word in Latin, this canticle is one of only four places in the Gospels
The virtue of its characters and the power of its narrative are what make “The Cricket on the Hearth” such a delightful tale. The story radiates the light of Christian charity, echoing themes of generosity and joy, focusing the luminosity of God’s
Columnist Kenneth Craycraft delves into the origins and significance of the Feast of Christ the King, tracing its establishment by Pope Pius XI and its subsequent move by Pope St. Paul VI to its current place in the liturgical calendar. It emphasizes
Death is on the mind of the Church in November. By celebrating the saints and praying for all the dead, we acknowledge that death comes for us all. The rich and mighty face the same end as the poor and weak. Memento