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Gen Z Longs for Home

EDDIE LAROW

Progressivism may promise liberation through perpetual movement, but it cannot provide a home. Traditional Christian doctrine can. In Christ, the restless can find rest, and the nostalgic can find not just echoes of the past but a secure and eternal future.

Goodbye “Big Eva,” Hello “Gig Eva”

CARL R. TRUEMAN

Building a platform on X involves constant transgression of boundaries, hence the emergence of Gig Eva personalities whose trademark behavior ranges from attacking the leaders of Big Eva to rehabilitating Hitler.

The Road to Chartres

VIRGINIA AABRAM

From the November issue: A pilgrimage is incomprehensible apart from its end. I and twenty thousand other pilgrims were doing something that drew us into another realm, a realm where pretenses are stripped away.

Vatican II at Sixty

THOMAS G. GUARINO

The theologians tasked with drafting and editing the council documents were priests and bishops who were dedicated to the faith, both intellectually and spiritually. Studying their journals, one quickly realizes that these theologians had devoted their lives to Christ, the gospel, and the Church.

Two Takes on Pope Leo

RAYMOND J. DE SOUZA

From the November issue: Sociologically and in terms of cultural influence, Pope Leo XIV was born at a peak of American Catholicism, and he has witnessed seven decades of decline. There will be no heartwarming visits to his baptismal font in Chicago or his seminary chapel in Michigan.