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But let’s slow down. Enjoy the final curl Of heat
Like the first rain of spring
Michael Vaccari
Our first four presidents—George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison—were influenced by the Enlightenment, but even more so by the classical Greeks and Romans.
Dante and Virgil at the gates of purgatory, and the Proud carrying heavy stones, in an illustration of Canto IX of Dante’s "Purgatorio" (photo : CNS photo/Priamo della Quercia, British Library via The Public Domain Review)
What is it about Dante that has made him not just immortal, but urgent and modern?
How do we communicate what it was like to live that day to people who were not yet born?
But this Christ, son of Nazareth, king of the Jews, is asking God why he has been forsaken. His face is upturned, mouth open, his body rebelling against its wooden constraints, wracked by human suffering.
I don’t understand why some of my students are allowed to suffer as he did. But the knowledge of Christ’s death stanches my anger long enough that I am able to entertain the idea that there is still a point to serving this God.
The school offers an accessible but thorough examination of the Christian contemplative tradition by combining online study with in-person symposiums.
Students of all backgrounds choose to attend this thriving Catholic high school imbued with the stability and spirit of the monks who founded it.
President Joe Biden waves as he leaves Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington after Mass on April 10. (CNS photo/Erin Scott, Reuters)
The results of our survey reveal that many divisions within the church run along political lines.
Pro-life advocates participate in a rosary procession on Sept. 19, 2020, in Hempstead, N.Y. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
Christian love of neighbor, natural law and God’s eternal law all figure in the desire not to murder.