Can the Pope change Catholic teaching on contraception? He won’t. Because he can’t. And hasn’t.

The Catholic Church is a global family, but that hardly spares it…

About the Author: Sherif Girgis

Sherif Girgis is a Yale Law School graduate and a PhD candidate in philosophy at Princeton. This article was originally published on The Public Discourse.

Benedict the Brave: 
The Regensburg Address Ten Years Later

Ten years ago Pope Benedict XVI took to the dais of the…

About the Author: James Day

James Day has written for Catholic Exchange, Catholic World Report, Crisis, and Orange County Catholic. He is the author of Father Benedict: The Spiritual and Intellectual Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI (November 2016, Sophia Institute Press).

The waning of democracy in Ireland

Several months ago the Irish Times published an interview by Joseph Humphries…

About the Author: Fr Kevin O’Reilly OP

Fr Kevin O’Reilly OP, formerly taught at the Milltown Institute, Dublin, and holds doctorates in both philosophy and theology. In the forthcoming academic year he will teach moral theology at the Angelicum University, Rome.