Editor’s note: This essay was originally given in a slightly different form as an address, “On Not ‘Keeping Quiet About a Study’”, at Kolbe Academy & Trinity Prep, in Napa, California, on August 8, 2014. […]
“The fact is that the greatest crimes are caused by excess and not by necessity. Men do not become tyrants in order that they may not suffer cold….”—Aristotle, Politics, II, 1266b14-15. “What is the purpose […]
“Persecution against Christians today is actually worse than in the first centuries of the Church, and there are more Christian martyrs today than in that era. This is happening more than 1700 years after the […]
In his speech closing the Second Vatican Council, Pope Paul VI noted that “the trend of modern culture” is “centered on humanity, … the modern mind” is “accustomed to assess everything in terms of usefulness,” […]
“All the best, then, to the Italian Sports Center on its 70th anniversary! And best wishes to all of you! I heard before that you made me your captain: thank you.” — Pope Francis, “To Members […]
Editor’s note: The following was originally given as an address at the Bosque School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on May 8, 2014. “It (disappointment) occurs when the boy who has been enchanted by Stories from […]
The issues that now put Catholics in opposition to secular public thought are too basic to ignore. The Church accepts God as our reference point, and views freedom to develop our relation to Him and […]
“There are many paths to total state control of life—fascism, totalitarianism, communism. In the United States the path is labeled protection of individual human rights.” — Charles E. Rice, Contraception & Persecution (2014), 86. I. […]
“‘But surely,’ someone will object, ‘it isn’t easy for vice always to remain hidden.’ We’ll reply that nothing great is easy. And, in any case, if we’re to be happy, we must follow the paths […]
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