Ecclesia et Civitas

What Should We Do About Natural Law?

February 4, 2016 James Kalb 0

Catholics talk about natural law, but what’s it all about? Basically, it’s a system of principles that guides human life in accordance with our nature and our good, insofar as those can be known by […]

Essay

Lent, Conversion, and Vocation

February 4, 2016 Russell Shaw 0

It would be like telling the story of World War II and leaving out Hitler. That’s what telling the story told in the gospels would be like without taking account of the devil. He and […]

Film & Music

Confusing Panda, Syncretistic Dragon

February 3, 2016 Nick Olszyk 0

MPAA Rating: PG  USCCB Rating: A-II  Reel Rating: (2 out of 5 reels) Right from the beginning, this installment of the Kung Fu Panda franchise commits a cardinal sin by violating its own universe, creating […]

Anger and citizenship

February 3, 2016 George Weigel 0

The Iowa caucuses are in the rear-view mirror, the New Hampshire primary looms on the horizon, and by most media accounts, the leitmotif of Campaign 2016 is “anger.” As in: a lot-of-Americans-are-angry-and-that-explains-the attraction-of-certain-candidates, whether that […]

Analysis

Who are the Real Anti-Semites?

January 31, 2016 William Kilpatrick 0

Anti-Semitism is on the rise in France with reported hate crimes against Jews having doubled over the last year. If you follow the news from the Continent, you might think that increased Anti-Semitism has something […]