“The fact is that the greatest crimes are caused by excess and not by necessity. Men do not become tyrants in order that they may not suffer cold….”—Aristotle, Politics, II, 1266b14-15. “What is the purpose […]
“Persecution against Christians today is actually worse than in the first centuries of the Church, and there are more Christian martyrs today than in that era. This is happening more than 1700 years after the […]
“All the best, then, to the Italian Sports Center on its 70th anniversary! And best wishes to all of you! I heard before that you made me your captain: thank you.” — Pope Francis, “To Members […]
Editor’s note: The following was originally given as an address at the Bosque School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on May 8, 2014. “It (disappointment) occurs when the boy who has been enchanted by Stories from […]
“There are many paths to total state control of life—fascism, totalitarianism, communism. In the United States the path is labeled protection of individual human rights.” — Charles E. Rice, Contraception & Persecution (2014), 86. I. […]
“‘But surely,’ someone will object, ‘it isn’t easy for vice always to remain hidden.’ We’ll reply that nothing great is easy. And, in any case, if we’re to be happy, we must follow the paths […]
Editor’s Note: The following address was given on April 24th by Father James Schall at Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA), at the invitation of the school’s Faith and Reason Institute, in honor of Father John Navone, SJ. “Remembering […]
“And I feel that I cannot conclude without saying a word to the absent bosses today, to those absent but central figures: the men and women of the mafia. Please change your lives, convert, stop, […]
“I am sure of this. It is not only Lent; we have been living in a time of mercy for the past thirty years or more, up to today.” — Pope Francis, Exhortation on Mercy […]
The question—“Why college?”—lends itself to numerous, often amusing, answers: Colleges are designed to keep millions of youth off the labor market. Colleges are preparations for jobs. Colleges are funded country clubs that provide housing, board, […]
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