Fr. Paul Mariani, SJ on the China Situation

The Extremely High Stakes of the China-Vatican Deal

Orthodox Music in America

The Icon of the Nativity

Mark Bauerlein and Sanjay Samuel on Ivan Illich

First Things: Ivan Illich and the "Powerlessness of the Church"

Something Non-Latin Apostolic Christians Can Agree With?

Fr. Hunwicke: Father Aidan Nichols on Hyperultrapapalism

First in a 6-Part Series

Church Life: A Revisionist Account of Natural Law and Natural Right by John Milbank

A Treasure of the Early Church in Japan

NHK: Centuries-old Christian painting found in Japan (via Tea at Trianon)

In Other Words, Dependent Rational Animals

Church Life: The Advent Corrective to Locke’s Lonely Liberalism by Sofia Carozza

Fr. Joseph Marquis on St. Nicholas

Not Forgotten

How goes the reform of the Legionaries of Christ?

More on Human Dignity

Disgraceful

By What Competence?

Sandro Magister: Francis, Absolute Monarch. Behind the Scenes of the New Italian “Our Father”

Meanwhile, as of December 5, in his Wednesday general audiences the pope has begun a cycle of catecheses precisely on the “Our Father.’ It will be interesting to listen to him when he gets to the petition he wanted to have retranslated.

Feast of St. Nicholas

Holy Nicholas, Pray for Us!

A New Book from Ed Feser

Coming Soon: Aristotle's Revenge: "My new book Aristotle’s Revenge: The Metaphysical Foundations of Physical and Biological Science will be out early next year from Editiones Scholasticae."

Annibale Bugnini Reformer of the Liturgy by YVES CHIRON

English translation now available from Angelico Press.

NCReg: Archbishop Viganò Addresses Dispute With Brother Over Family Inheritance by Edward Pentin
In a statement issued through his lawyers, the former apostolic nuncio to the United States and recent whistleblower calls reports accusing him of “fraud,” “theft” or misappropriation of funds “unfounded.”

"No Comment"

Eastern Catholic Patriarchs Meeting in Baghdad

Crux: Middle East Catholic leaders: Bear witness in turbulent world