Letters to the Editor: July-August 2026

Disgusting Junk... Denials, Omissions & Contradictions... Bitcoin: Failing the Fungibility & Morality Tests... Can’t You Hear Me Knocking?... and more

The News You May Have Missed: July-August 2026

Easter Offensive... Dioceses Without Borders... Too Big for Her Britches... Smuggler Monks... Diary of a Country Thief... Prepare for Delivery... and more

Pope Leo XIV, His Predecessors & the Death Penalty

OUT OF SYNC WITH TRADITION?

Christopher Zehnder

Pope Leo seemingly affirms the late Pope Francis's teaching on the death penalty, which some argue is at the very least in error. But is this so?

Tolkien’s Insights into the Masculine Soul

THE CALL OF CHIVALRY

Kaleb Hammond

Masculinity is good in itself, although as liable to corruption as femininity, and chivalry is the true fulfillment and perfection — not “correction” — of masculinity.

Can Bayesianism Quantify True Belief?

IS CHRISTIANITY LOGICAL OR LOVELY — OR BOTH?

Daniel Sadasivan

Faith is a fully human act, not an algorithmic assessment. It perfects the person in his entirety, including but not limited to the possession of correct beliefs.

Gandhi, Hitler & Churchill in Limbo: A Trialogue

COVENANT & CIVILIZATION

Marcus Peter

The three men find themselves in a shadowy, lifeless place — no sun, no stars, no comforting scenery. There is only a dark, neutral expanse...

From the Narthex

Selected for you from the NOR blog: Farewell to the Pocket Paperback by John M. Grondelski... and On Laughing Matters by James G. Hanink

Does God Minister Through Government?

CULTURAL COUNTERPOINT

Jason M. Morgan

The state has a monopoly on violence and uses it to line the pockets of those in power. Everyone else pays the price. This is precisely how it was designed to operate.

The “Machine” That Acts & the “Soul” That Does Not

GUEST COLUMN

Alexander R. Sich

The machine is our instrument, not our heir and not our image. The future depends less on what these systems become than on whether we still know what we are for.

A Refreshed 'Diary'

Inez Fitzgerald Storck

George Bernanos's masterpiece is radiant, communicating tenderness, with the transcendent always there beneath the surface.

Briefly Reviewed: July-August 2026

Here we review Failing Foundations: The Pillars of the West Are Nearing Collapse, by Sarah Cain.