Sojourns with Schall

A Time of Mercy

April 10, 2014 James V. Schall, S.J. 0

“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 […]

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Christ in an Age of Technique

April 7, 2014 James Kalb 0

It seems that Catholics have been getting nowhere in the public square lately. The problem is not just losing ground on this issue or that, but an increasing inability to get our issues recognized as […]

Sojourns with Schall

Why College?

March 23, 2014 James V. Schall, S.J. 0

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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Rebuilding Catholic Society

March 10, 2014 James Kalb 0

The Church is not part of the State. Nor is she simply a part of civil society set up by her members to advance their public and private goals. She is an independent society established […]

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How Do We Advance Subsidiarity?

February 5, 2014 James Kalb 0

Subsidiarity is integral to a social doctrine based on natural law rather than technology. That ought to be a feature rather than a bug, but in today’s world it means no one can make sense […]

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What’s Normal?

January 14, 2014 James Kalb 0

The great political, social, and moral issue of the present day is the authority of the natural and normal. Accepting that authority means accepting a vernacular form of natural law, and thus a belief that […]