Analysis
How not to limit free speech
I am by no means a free speech absolutist. In an article at Postliberal Order a couple of years ago, I set out the natural law position on [...]
How not to limit free speech
Analysis
I am by no means a free speech absolutist. In an article at Postliberal Order a couple of years ago, I set out the natural law position on the issue, noting that the teleology or final cause of [...]
Leo XIV: Our Anti-Americanist Pope
Features
One of the more noteworthy episodes during the late nineteenth-century tenure of Pope Leo XIII was the pope’s response to the so-called “Americanist” controversy in the United States. Leo XIII wrote two encyclicals addressing issues [...]
Analysis
Catholicism and Israel: Perspective and insight from a Dominican theologian
The last two years have provoked a significant amount of debate in Catholic circles as to how the Church should understand and relate to the modern state of Israel. Prominent Catholic politicians profess ‘unwavering support’ [...]
Essay
The need for the Madonna in reforming our culture
As Tom Holland’s 2021 book Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World reveals, in every past civilization (even our Greco-Roman forbearers), women were either commodities, guarded by their families as dynastic assets, or simply booty, “sex [...]
Features
Bishops warn of “ecocidal tragedy” as illegal mining devastates Ghana
The Catholic bishops in Ghana have warned that the government risks being complicit in the “ecocidal tragedy of monumental proportions” if it fails to act swiftly and decisively on illegal gold mining, known locally as [...]
Chapp's Schtick
Reflections on Dilexi Te, the first magisterial document of Leo XIV’s papacy
Pope Leo XIV’s first magisterial document of his papacy, Dilexi Te (“I have loved you”), has understandably generated a lot of interest. An apostolic exhortation is a fairly low-level document in terms of the classical criteria for [...]
Columns
Uncovering the papal lessons hidden beneath the ice
As the internet erupted over Pope Leo’s blessing of a 20,000-year-old block of melting Greenland ice, I remained happily oblivious to the firestorm while delivering some lectures on creation in the Bay Area. After completing my [...]
Features
Pondering the wisdom of St. Thomas Aquinas on immigration
Leo XIII became pope in February 1878. Within 18 months of his election, he issued his encyclical Aeterni Patris, recommending St. Thomas Aquinas as bearing “golden wisdom” and promoting the renewal of Thomistic studies as [...]
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Pope Leo XIV’s first magisterial document of his papacy, Dilexi Te (“I have loved you”), has understandably generated a lot of interest. An apostolic exhortation is a fairly low-level document in terms of the classical criteria for [...] -
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There are no first, second or third-class Catholics, no.… Please, let us get used to listening to each other, to talking, not cutting our heads off for a word. To listen, to discuss in a [...] -
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Grand Rapids Mike:
Thank you for the info on Hayek meeting Pope John Paul, didn't know that. Regarding economics, especially the understanding of…
Bill Dowdy:
You obviously have not studied/read the results of Vatican II on what the modifications were to entail. Yes, I grew…
Fr Peter Morello PhD:
Grünwidl, a testament to the theological mindset of Leo XIV. Unfortunately, we must get used to suffering it. Fortunately, the…
