In the case of The Song of the Lamb, we receive a concise and bracing – and in these times, refreshingly clear for a high-ranking prelate – summary of the issue of sacred music in the Catholic liturgy. It is a rare book indeed whose intellectual scope is matched with the profundity of a deep…

Last week, 44 Catholic Democrats signed a statement condemning the current enforcement of immigration laws as contrary to Christian teachings. Even though they “believe every nation has the right to regulate its borders and to control immigration,” they also “affirm that people have the right to migrate to sustain their lives and the lives of…

’Tis a pity when a word dies. It is conceived in the womb of a certain culture, and it gestates in that culture until its meaning is set as firmly as the facets of a diamond. Words then become the privileged communication of truth to other men. If reckless men begin assigning different meanings to…