One cheer for George Will's 'The Conservative Sensibility'Bishop Robert Barron
I have been following George Will's thought for a long time. I'm old enough to remember when his column occupied the last page of Newsweek magazine every other week and when he sat in the chair of conservative ...
Finding God in all things Bishop Robert Barron
There is, to be sure, a stress within the Biblical tradition that God is radically other: "Truly, you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior." (Isaiah 45:15) and "No one shall see [God] ...
Paul on the Areopagus: A master class in evangelizationBishop Robert Barron
The account of St. Paul's address on the Areopagus in Athens, found in the seventeenth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, is a sort of master class in the evangelization of the culture, and anyone engaged ...
It's time for Catholics to wake up: the real danger posed by the California confession bill Bishop Robert Barron
SB 360, a piece of proposed legislation currently making its way through the California state senate, should alarm not only every Catholic in the country, but indeed the adepts of any religion. In California, ...
Violence against Christians and the waning of reasonBishop Robert Barron
There were more Christian martyrs in the twentieth century than in all of the previous nineteen centuries combined. Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, and many of their lesser-known totalitarian colleagues ...
Seeing Abortion Bishop Robert Barron
We stand at a pivotal point in the great moral debate over abortion in our country -- not because new arguments have emerged, but rather because laws so breathtaking in their barbarism have been passed, ...
Frank Gehry and the Quest For TranscendenceBishop Robert Barron
Though I reside in Santa Barbara, I am in Los Angeles a good deal for meetings and other events. When I'm in the city, I like to walk the downtown neighborhood. My favorite building to look at while I'm ...
New York, abortion, and a short route to chaos Bishop Robert Barron
It was the celebration that was particularly galling. On the 46th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, the governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, signed into law a protocol that gives practically unrestricted ...
