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Socratic loyalty
Socrates was so critical of his country that he was put to death by it. Yet he could have escaped execution had he wanted to. The reason he did not, as he famously explained in […]
Month: May 2022
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Pope Francis weeps at Ukraine suffering, calls for daily rosary for peace
Pope Francis at the Easter Vigil Mass on April 16, 2022. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA
Vatican City, May 1, 2022 / 10:57 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has again lamented the suffering caused by the invasion of Ukraine and encouraged the faithful to pray a rosar… […]
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Christians with ’empty nets’ must return to Jesus, Pope Francis says
Vatican Media.
Vatican City, May 1, 2022 / 08:16 am (CNA).
Christians must ask themselves whether they are like St. Peter, who after his encounter with Jesus tried to return to fishing, but only found “empty nets” until he rushed back to the ri… […]
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St. Joseph the Worker and the spirituality of work
Editor’s note: The following homily was preached in advance of the memorial of St. Joseph the Worker (April 30, 2022) at the Church of the Holy Innocents in New York City. On May 1, 1955, […]
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The common flaws of market liberalism and Marx’s socialism
While certain insights may be gleaned from a study of Marx’s work, it is impossible not to notice the shrill, ungenerous “know-it-all” streak marring Marxist thinking. Where Saint Thomas Aquinas ended his life with a […]