Can Democratic Ideals Survive in the Administrative State?
by Phil Lawler
During the Covid crisis, the assertion of sweeping new government powers should force Americans to confront a disturbing trend: With…
The Spider Who Saved Christmas
by Phil Lawler
Do you know why Christmas trees are decorated with tinsel? Raymond Arroyo has retold the old Christian legend— a lovely,…
Jesuit at Large
by Phil Lawler
Last year the sudden death of Rev. Paul Mankowski, SJ, deprived the Catholic world of a brilliant scholar and writer—…
Steps to Restore the Centrality
of God in the Liturgy
Bishop Athanasius Schneider visited Thomas More College in October 2020, and Phil Lawler seized the opportunity to talk with him…
Friendship and the Fathers
by Phil Lawler
How did the earliest Christians spread the faith? Mostly by forming friendships; in an important sense, evangelization means making friends….
Mysteries of the Trinity
by Phil Lawler
Father John Gavin studies the reflections of the Church Fathers on the Our Father, showing how the great theologians and…
God Has No Grandchildren
by Phil Lawler /Leila Marie Lawler
Phil Lawler talks with his favorite author— his wife Leila— about her guide to the papal encyclical Casti Connubi, in which…
Under Siege
by Phil Lawler
After years on the front lines as a Catholic activist, in Washington DC and at the United Nations, Austin Ruse…
The Gospel of John: A New Translation
by Phil Lawler
Michael Pakaluk of Catholic University explores how the Virgin Mary influenced the Gospel of St. John— and provides a new…
