In his classic book Suicide of the West, James Burnham famously characterized liberalism as “the ideology of Western suicide.” I’ve been meaning for some time to write up an essay on the book. This isn’t it. […]
Tracey Rowland holds two doctorates in theology in addition to degrees in law and philosophy. After studies at the University of Queensland, she lectured in Soviet and Central European Politics at Monash University while completing […]
Editor’s note: The following essay was given, in slightly different form, as an address on October 16, 2021, at the Studium Theologicum Salesianum, Salesian Pontifical University, Jerusalem Campus. ———— Allow me to begin this Dies […]
Pope Paul VI once remarked that the Church is an “expert in humanity,” and well should she be, having observed and served humanity for two millennia. One of the signs of that “expertise” is that […]
The Christian battle for Christmas is an uphill one—which is the very reason why it is one worth fighting. “Season’s Greetings” and “Happy Holidays” are the prophylactic, politically-correct slogans that smilingly strive to keep Christ […]
In the second week of Advent, our attention is still focused somewhat on the Lord’s coming as Judge at the end-times, however, with a bit of a twist: God’s People are now ready (or should […]
Objection 1. It seems there is no such obligation, and can be none, for governments are charged with oversight of things pertaining to the common good in temporal affairs, and matters of public health, especially […]
A new year is aborning – a new church year, a new liturgical year. Which is important to note and to observe because, among other things, it stands as a powerful reminder that we believers […]
I was on a Zoom conference call a couple of weeks ago. The face of one of the men on the screen was especially old and cranky. He had squinty eyes behind wire-rimmed glasses reminiscent […]
One would have to have been living on another planet for the last few months to be unaware of the recently rekindled battle looming over the historic Supreme Court decision known as Roe v. Wade […]
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