Assessing Francis

When Francis was elected pope four years ago, he made a memorable request as he introduced himself to the world: “Pray for Me.” Now that Francis is engulfed in controversies that once seemed unimaginable, given the serene days of his early papacy, prayers for Francis are more needed than ever. So too are fair and […]

Rod Dreher’s ‘Benedict Option’ Book Excerpt: New Kind of Christian Politics

Editor’s Note: The following piece is adapted from Rod Dreher’s new book, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation. Like the people of other Western democracies, Americans are living through a political earthquake shaking the foundations of the postwar order. The old, familiar categories that framed political thought and discourse are […]