Good-bye, Dad

Catholicism and the American Founding

By Bradley J. Birzer on Jul 04, 2018 12:31 am
Natural Law, common law, Natural Rights, and localism—all so dear to the Founding—existed in 1776, simply put, because of the Catholic Church. [...]
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The Catholic roots of the New Socialism

By Anne Hendershott on Jul 03, 2018 05:14 pm
The "patron saint" of today's Democratic Socialists of America got his start with Dorothy Day's Catholic Worker Movement. But for Day, prayer and the sacraments [...]
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Jefferson and Adams: Contentious politics that continue to resonate

By Russell E. Saltzman on Jul 03, 2018 03:35 pm
We still live with the dispute begun by Federalists and Anti-Federalists. The debates around the ratification of the Constitution are arguments that continue to define [...]
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Good-bye, Dad

By Patrick Coffin on Jul 02, 2018 06:54 pm
I have re-read parts of A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis, the blunt opening line of which tells the truth: “no one told me grief [...]
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Will the Amazon synod open the door to women deacons?

By Catholic News Agency on Jul 02, 2018 06:35 pm
Cardinal Luis Ladaria, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said recently that the Study Commission on the Women's Diaconate job is [...]
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The ABC of Liberal Failure

By James Kalb on Jul 01, 2018 05:31 pm
Patrick J. Deneen's much-discussed book rightly points out that liberalism comes down to an individualism and subjectivism that divorce us from nature and make each of [...]
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Death is an uncomfortable fact—and a conquered foe

By Carl E. Olson on Jun 30, 2018 09:55 am
On the Readings for Sunday, July 1, 2018 [...]
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Why was “Joan of Arc” Mark Twain’s favorite among all his many books?

By Dr. Kelly Scott Franklin on Jun 29, 2018 08:56 pm
To a certain extent, Twain's novel about the young, fifteenth-century French girl and Saint remains a puzzling act of devotion from a complicated man. [...]
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Saints Peter and Paul: “One wins by cross, and one by sword”

By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on Jun 29, 2018 09:00 am
A consideration of the two Apostles we honor today, a reflection on the Petrine office in the Church, and a challenge to live the implications [...]
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Does liberalism deserve to be saved?

By Nathanael Blake on Jun 28, 2018 06:43 pm
Patrick Deneen asserts that the natural endpoint of liberalism is desire rampant and tyrannical, while Jonah Goldberg argues that these outcomes are not liberalism, but [...]
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