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Leonard J. DeLorenzo

Leonard J. DeLorenzo, PhD, is the director of undergraduate studies at Notre Dame's McGrath Institute for Church Life.

Beauty as truth?

October 3, 2025
By Leonard J. DeLorenzo
OSV News
Filed Under: Books, Commentary

Sarah Clarkson’s book, “This Beautiful Truth: How God’s Goodness Breaks into Our Darkness,” is a remarkable corrective to our persistent urge to “make sense” of evil and suffering.

All creation gives praise: Seeking God — and wonder — in cosmos

August 31, 2025
By Leonard J. DeLorenzo
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary

Wonder takes time; it is more than surprise and interruption. Wonder is a relationship of intimacy, where you find yourself in awe at something that is beyond you, which becomes more fascinating the longer you dwell with it.

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