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Search ArticlesChristian Anthropology and the Crisis of Marriage
By J.P. De Gance Article voiceover 0:00 -12:48 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. The understanding that man and woman are made in the Imago Dei with complementary gifts realized in fruitful conjugal love continues to vanish from American life, bringing with it an increase in human suffering. This collapse in Christian anthropology, and its replacement with an anthropological anarchy, fuels the flight from marriage.
Active Participation Revisited
Nearly ten years ago I found myself in Rome for a private audience with Cardinal Robert Sarah, the then-Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, in order to share with him the vision and plans for Source & Summit and to seek his feedback and blessing. After waiting some time for the meeting to begin in his unusually warm office, his secretary came in and opened the windows to let in some cool air.
The Evangelization Power of Rome
In centuries past, the great missionaries of the Church—many now canonized saints—traveled to the far ends of the earth to bring Christ to those the Church once called pagans. The dangers were not exaggerated. Months crossing open ocean, with a genuine chance of shipwreck, disease, and starvation always possible, if not likely. And, if a missionary made it all the way to his destination, there was more than a passing chance of horrific martyrdom. Survival brought no guarantee of success.
The Incomplete Work of Renewal
In my mid-20s, I went through my own version of what some might call today the “quarter life crisis,” precipitated by a late night’s realization that the birth of our first daughter meant my theology teacher’s salary was going to buckle under the weight of growing responsibility. I began to experience dissatisfaction and unhappiness in the decisions that had led to my present situation.
The Mass: Our Intimate Encounter with the Transcendent Lord
All of us, whether religious or not, long for transcendence because the human heart was made for it. By transcendence I mean the awareness of something greater than ourselves; something bigger than us. It’s that experience of something so beautiful, so powerful that words fail and our hearts are stirred. Perhaps you’ve felt this when gazing upon a star-filled night sky, or hiking the Ozarks, or entering a breathtakingly beautiful cathedral.
Pope Leo and Fantasy Camp Catholicism
What the Church needs now more than anything is unity. And not a fake unity grounded in a false irenicism or a milquetoast Catholicism of some imagined golden mean between ideological extremes. What this will require is theological sobriety, prudential wisdom, and a brutal honesty about what the Church is really up against in the cultural currents of our time.
Winnowing Weasel Words
Popes have long been political players on the stage of the world. In recent times John Paul II worked with Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan to bring down the Berlin Wall. Benedict XVI addressed a joint sitting of the House of Lords and House of Commons, as well as the Bundestag, reminding politicians that they are not gods or social engineers. Francis will be remembered as the pope who gave the Chinese Communist Party influence over the choice of bishops.
The Forgotten Virtue of Patriotism
As the United States commemorates the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of its founding, I have been reflecting on the virtue of patriotism. I want to share a few comments about why patriotism is one of these essential virtues, and what kind of love of country is worthy of a Catholic man. Let me begin with a claim that might surprise you: patriotism is not, first and foremost, a political virtue. It is a religious one.
Reading Saint Paul in a Time of Synodality
“The Apostle Paul, an outstanding and almost inimitable yet stimulating figure, stands before us as an example of total dedication to the Lord and to his Church, as well as of great openness to humanity and its cultures.
Una Caro and Faithful Marriages
Recently, the Vatican released the document Una caro, or “One flesh,” with the subtitle “In Praise of Monogamy.” To the modern Western mind, monogamy is an outdated and unnecessary concern. Centuries-old laws against bigamy and polygamy exist in the mainstream Western world. Even our “post-Christian” or “post-Christendom” world has not devolved so far as of yet. Right?