So what are your recommended Catholic magazines?

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I don’t think it is Catholic per se, but it certainly has a Catholic perspective on most matters. It is a journal about “religion, culture, and public life”. The editor is Father Neuhaus, the noted Catholic convert from the Lutheran Church. If you are interested in how religion and public affairs intersect in the public square, and intelligent discussion of theological concepts, usually from a Catholic or at least a traditional Christian background, you should take a look.
 
US Catholic
America
St. Anthony Messenger
Commonweal
NC Reporter

Like all of them.

John
 
rien said:
For me Catholic World Report is one of the best. As is Inside The Vatican. I recently renewed my subscriptions to both.

I dropped my subscription to Crisis because of their support of the neo-cons and the war. They dissented, IMO, as much from Church teaching on this topic as earlier folks dissented on Humanae Vitae.

For traditional Catholics The Latin Mass is a good magazine but I find its total focus on the “way things were” in the earlier centuries too much. There is not enough news and specifcially evangelical news from the traditional community in the magazine. After subscrining for 8 years I am droping this magazine as I am Crisis.

New Oxford Review - I serioulsy think they are writing themselves into conversion to Eastern Orthodoxy as they once converted to Catholicism from Anglicanism. A very depressing magazine if you are an orthodox Catholic, but I just relucatantly renewed. As much out of following their possible move from Catholcism to Orthodoxy as anything else.

This Rock - good magazine for apologetics. Wish they carried more news about apologetics in addition to theory. But I renewed.

So what do you all like/dislike?

BTW. I know there are other magazine/papers. The Wanderer is way too radical and agenda driven as is Cahrtolic Family News. Never subscribed and never would though they must need subscriptions as I often get free isues with a deal if I subscribe.

There is National Catholic Reporter and Register but I find thgem all fluff with no meat.

Lay Witness - CUF is a very reactionarry group and publishes this magazine but the few copies I was given were not bad bad actually. You probably have to be a member of CUF to subscribe.

The Sower - read about it in ITV - published soon in the US by the New Hope Community this magazine is supposed to be very good for Catechesis. British mag which I may give a peak at.

Again, agree, disagree? Your own recommendations?
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Crisis Magazine lost it’s credibility when they shamefully covered up Senator Santorum’s support for Arlen Specter and proposed it as good.
 
No, it didn’t. Sometimes the best candidate is the one most likely to get elected…

of course, that backfired this time around…😃

The Wanderer may be old-fashioned but it does alert one to various flashpoints long before the mainstream Catholic media picks them up.
 
Brian_C said:
No, it didn’t. Sometimes the best candidate is the one most likely to get elected…

of course, that backfired this time around…😃

The Wanderer may be old-fashioned but it does alert one to various flashpoints long before the mainstream Catholic media picks them up.
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Then how do you explain this.

Judy Brown, I’m so angry I could just scream. Santorum shamefully supported Spector right? Well here’s his reason. Right here.crisismagazine.com/julaug2004/hill.htm
HE’S A LIAR!!! And crisis magazine covered up for him. Catholic crisis magazine is not.
I wrote crisis magazine protesting Santorum’s shameful support of Arlen Spector. Here’s what I wrote to the editor.
Dear Editor, It seems that Santorum and Bush supported Arlen Spector who got re-elected. This was during 2004. On the other hand Toomey was less pro-abortion than Spector. Why did he endorse Spector for for the Senate Judiciary Committee chairmanship? Has he ever given an explanation for his endorsement of Specter? He isn’t pro-life as he says. Politics is the Seantor’s life, and though it is true that he is personally ardently pro-life, he is also personally a Republican who did what the White House asked. He’s a hypocrite. This isn’t the first time he has gone into a state to work for the election of a pro-abortion Republican. But his support for Specter troubles me. Specter is totally pro-death. Senator Santorum has some explaining to do. What about Senator Rick Santorum and President G. W. Bush - both of whom as Republicans worked for Senator Arlen Specter in the primary in Pennsylvania? Senator Santorum is an apologist for compromise; for flawed incrementalism; for abiding by poll results. In other words, he is a weak “catholic” and someone who deserves our prayers. My opinion is that he is sincere, but totally misguided as he has set aside the basic teachings of the Catholic Church in order to remain “in” with his party. In my humble opinion the pro-life movement has made a grave error by taking sides with the Republican Party, and had they taken sides with another political party that would have been equally erroneous. Senator Santorum has some explaining to do. Pax Christi, Nick Wehri
Here’s what Brian St. Paul said to me,
Thanks much for your email. Santorum did indeed explain his reasons for supporting Specter. You can find it here: crisismagazine.com/julaug2004/hill.htm While we may not agree with his reasons, I can confirm that he believes them to be true. And in fairness, once re-elected, Specter kept his promise to give all of Bush’s pro-life judges a fair hearing. All the best to you, Brian Saint-Paul
Judy I’m so angry. So angry and shocked that crisismagazine would do this. I think that crisismagazine should give A STERN TALKING TO. This editor seems to think that a negative action and a postive action make a posiive action. This editor is flat out wrong.
Pax Christi,
Nick
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 Dear **Nick**
Please do not be angry or upset, just patiently and with charity share the truth about Catholic teaching, about politicians and their voting records, and for heaven’s sake, pray for the Church.
God bless you.
Judie Brown

Crisis magazine isn’t really Catholic are they?
 
I meant it didn’t lose its credibility. I know ends don’t always justify means but we did get Alito and Roberts on the Court.

Let’s just agree to disagree as I hate to divert the thread.👍
 
rr1213 said:
I don’t think it is Catholic per se, but it certainly has a Catholic perspective on most matters. It is a journal about “religion, culture, and public life”. The editor is Father Neuhaus, the noted Catholic convert from the Lutheran Church. If you are interested in how religion and public affairs intersect in the public square, and intelligent discussion of theological concepts, usually from a Catholic or at least a traditional Christian background, you should take a look.
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Take a look at what? You didn’t mention the name of the magazine in your post. Please let me know because it sounds like a good one.🙂
 
lak611 said:
Take a look at what? You didn’t mention the name of the magazine in your post. Please let me know because it sounds like a good one.🙂
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I didn’t? Geez, you’re right. I must have deleted it by mistake during an edit. The magazine is First Things. See their website below:

firstthings.com/
 
lak611 said:
Thanks rr1213! I took a look at their website, and it does look like a great magazine.
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I’d recommend it without reservation to any Christian, Protestant or Catholic. To be fair, it is probably more challenging to a Protestant because the overarching, if not exclusive, viewpoint is essentially Catholic.
 
I went back and forth over the articles available on the websites of First Things, New Oxford Review, Crisis, and National Catholic Register…

I came within a hair of subscribing to New Oxford Review but a write up on Catholic Culture (catholicculture.org) pointed out how uncharitable NOR can be at times to the point of picking on folks unnecessarily…So…I took a subscrition to National Catholic Register. Sure, it may not be as in depth in some respects, but I like the idea of weekly issues instead of waiting once every month or two for something new to read…
 
Brian_C said:
I went back and forth over the articles available on the websites of First Things, New Oxford Review, Crisis, and National Catholic Register…

I came within a hair of subscribing to New Oxford Review but a write up on Catholic Culture (catholicculture.org) pointed out how uncharitable NOR can be at times to the point of picking on folks unnecessarily…So…I took a subscrition to National Catholic Register. Sure, it may not be as in depth in some respects, but I like the idea of weekly issues instead of waiting once every month or two for something new to read…
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Well, I love the Nat’l Catholic Register. 👍

But, I’m like Carolmarie. I ain’t no theologian. 😉
 
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