Above: a colossal statue of Carlo Borromeo erected in Arona, Italy in 1697. Doctor in civil and ecclesiastical law, an aristocrat by birth on his father’s side—Count Gilbert of Arona—and also on his mother’s side, Margaret (the sister of Pope Pius IV), who descended from the Milanese branch of the famous Medici family, Charles Borromeo…

The Church is mater et magistra—mother and teacher. And as teacher, she has divided the liturgical year into seasons, each having their own emphasis—their own “curriculum” as it were. In November, the Church has us remember our end. Starting with All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day, the month is dedicated to remembering the faithful…

Russell Moore’s latest panic about the “Nazification” of American Christianity is a sermon in search of a swastika. His argument—that scattered online trolls and a handful of fringe youth groups somehow signal the rise of a Fourth Reich in the pews—is comical. America’s churches aren’t breeding grounds for fascism. In truth, they’re barely holding on…