[T]here remains the historical truth: that this our European structure, built upon the noble foundations of classical antiquity, was formed through, exists by, is consonant to, and will stand only in the mold of, the […]
The modern debate over health care is certainly a debate worth having. But sometimes it’s helpful to step back from modern proposals about the care of the sick—typically involving legislation, bureaucracy, and costs—to think about […]
The following homily was preached at the Church of the Holy Innocents in Manhattan on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Lent is upon us. And the first step in having a successful, productive Lent is […]
An intriguing paragraph in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which I have often pondered, is #675: The Church’s ultimate trial. Before Christ’s second coming, the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake […]
The “right to privacy,” invented by the Supreme Court in Griswold v. Connecticut (which was argued in March 1965 and decided in June 1965) is a cleverly woven fig leaf for immorality. It transferred moral […]
Human beings are often awed by dramatic and immediate transformations. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing: the seemingly miraculous turns in someone else often reveal to us possibilities for ourselves that we thought impossible. But, […]
I first read Henri de Lubac, SJ, as a college student in the late 1950s, when Vatican II was still but a twinkle in Angelo Roncalli’s eye. Among my first discoveries were The Drama of Atheist […]
It’s rare for me to hold a fashionable position but I am delighted to be in the company of high-profile people, from the historian Tom Holland to Bishop Robert Barron and the authors Michael Frost […]
What is it about the comment sections of websites that attract the outrageous? I suppose that there’s something intoxicating about sharing one’s thoughts in print, utterly democratized by the internet, unfiltered and raw. Add anonymity […]
The tragedy of boys failing to grow into good men is not a modern phenomenon. While there are many reasons that young men today drift through life or engage in dangerous behaviors, this is not […]
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