Letters to the Editor: September 2026

Erratum... Missing: Overtures of Fellowship... Finally, a Framework... and more

The News You May Have Missed: September 2026

Laborers for the Vineyard... (Turn Off) the Light of the World... Diversity Deficiency... Baby-Buyers’ Remorse... Cash for Trash... Divided Nations... and more

What Went Down in Écône

IN THE MEADOW WITH THE STRAY SHEEP

James Noel Ward

This summer I attended the four-day assembly hosted by the Society of St. Pius X in Switzerland, during which four new bishops were consecrated.

One Day in the Life of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

JUNE 8, 1978

Cicero Bruce

He examined the disaster of modernity, a disaster not precipitated by world war, famine, or disease but borne by “an autonomous, irreligious consciousness.”

School Choice Wouldn’t Just Reform Education. It Would Reform Society

AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME

Lewis M. Andrews

Over time, it is hard to imagine any blue or purple state governor denying better schooling options to his own disadvantaged children.

Why Tech Marketing Keeps Mistaking Artifacts for Nature

AN ARISTOTELIAN-THOMIST CRITIQUE OF SECURITY ABSOLUTISM

Alexander R. Sich

At a time when the culture oscillates between technological messianism and reactionary fear, Catholics should be the least susceptible to either spell.

The Death Throes of Democracy? 'The Revolt of the Elites' at 30

NEW OXFORD NOTEBOOK

Pieter Vree

What calls the future of democracy into question, Lasch said, is the decline of self-governing communities due to the flight of the elite from the common life.

Motives of Credibility: Fruitfulness

REVERT'S ROSTRUM

Casey Chalk

The Church consistently has been a source of truth, goodness, and beauty, advocating for everyone, regardless of their comparative status in any given society.

The Failed Experiment in Eternal Adolescence

COVENANT & CIVILIZATION

Marcus Peter

A 15-year-old in the 19th century carried more responsibilities than many of today’s 30-year-olds.

Lord, Make Me a Channel of…Disturbance?

GUEST COLUMN

John M. Kainer

The Reverse St. Francis Prayer is not a prayer to bring the world into better alignment with Christ; it is not a prayer of personal repentance or a prayer of reformation.

Briefly Reviewed: September 2026

Here we review Catholic Heroes of Civil and Human Rights: 1800s to the Present by Matthew Daniels and Roxanne King.