Paul Kengor
Senior Editor at The American Spectator
Articles
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3 days ago |
spectator.org | Paul Kengor
I was awakened early this morning by my wife informing me that Pope Francis has died. “Wow,” was my instant verbal reaction. I grabbed my bedside rosary ring and did a Divine Mercy Chaplet for his soul. It was probably the best I could muster at that moment. That was followed by a text from a friend and Vaticanista plugged into all things Francis, who watched with great alarm what has unfolded in the Catholic Church during this pontificate.
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6 days ago |
spectator.org | Paul Kengor
One of my favorite Bob Dylan songs is “Tangled Up in Blue,” in part because of this set of lines, both literary and spiritual:She lit a burner on the stoveAnd offered me a pipe. “I thought you’d never say hello,” she said,“You look like the silent type.”Then she opened up a book of poemsAnd handed it to me,Written by an Italian poetFrom the thirteenth century. And every one of them words rang trueAnd glowed like burnin’ coal,Pourin’ off of every pageLike it was written in my soul from me to you.
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6 days ago |
catholicworldreport.com | Kate Quinones |Paul Kengor
Education watchdog group identifies 20 Catholic universities with DEI programs By Kate Quiñones for CNA The University of Notre Dame. / Credit: Grindstone Media Group/ShutterstockCNA Staff, Apr 17, 2025 / 13:32 pm (CNA). A Wednesday report by an education watchdog organization identified 20 Catholic colleges and universities that had “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) programs.
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1 week ago |
spectator.org | Paul Kengor
I was recently sent a podcast conducted by two of my favorite thinkers: Bishop Robert Barron and Michael Knowles. It was a wide-ranging discussion of theology, philosophy, politics, culture, and film, prompted by Knowles writing the foreword to a reissue of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s classic God and Man at Yale. Himself a conservative Yale graduate, Knowles was a good choice for the foreword.
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1 week ago |
spectator.org | Paul Kengor
Not much has changed since 1939 when it comes to the existence of government corruption. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a classic Frank Capra film, centered around a man sent to Washington who becomes determined to stop corruption, waste, and abuse in government. He stresses the importance of getting back to a simpler time when the government played the role it is supposed to.
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