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Articles by Matthew Walz

About Matthew Walz

Matthew Walz will begin serving as President of Thomas More College this September (2026). He is currently an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy & Letters and Pre-Theology Programs at the University of Dallas. He also serves as Director of Intellectual Formation at Holy Trinity Seminary. His writings, which have appeared chiefly in various academic journals, focus chiefly on Aquinas, Augustine, Anselm, Boethius, and Wojtyla.

Recovering the Origins of Catholic Social Teaching, Part Two

April 1, 2026 Matthew Walz 4

Editor’s note: You can read Part One of this essay here. IV The best way to describe how matrimony and the family animate Leo’s magisterial approach to the social question is to speak of their […]

Recovering the Origins of Catholic Social Teaching, Part One

March 29, 2026 Matthew Walz 11

Editor’s note: The following piece is the first part of a two-part essay. I In 1846, John Henry Newman traveled to Rome to see if he could arrange to undertake seminary studies for the Catholic priesthood. […]