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Focusing again on the Four Last Things
Our Christian goal ought to be nothing short of Heaven – not escaping Hell by the skin of our teeth, nor being resigned to “doing […]
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Which Reformation? What reform?
In reality, there were multiple, contending reformations in play in the first centuries of modernity. […]
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Hope and mercy and the “Miracle of the Sun”
“In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph,” Our Lady promised at Fatima 100 years ago. […]
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Fatima: Spectacular signs for a skeptical age
This month marks the 100th anniversary of the “Miracle of the Sun.” It’s the perfect time to reflect on the message of Our Lady at […]
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What happened at the Vatican’s bio-extinction conference
A conference sponsored by two pontifical academies embraced a kind of environmental determinism that looks at human reproduction as a mere bio-technical issue. […]
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On teaching the liberal arts
My maturation as a professor came when I learned to love ideas more by way of coming to love them through—in pilgrimage with, in communion […]
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Islam, Violence, and the Nature of God
Where and why Catholics agree—and disagree—with Muslims […]
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“Amoris Laetitia” and the chasm in modern moral theology
Can the apostolic exhortation help bridge the chasm that, since 1968, has divided moral theologians in matters of sexual morality? […]
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The legacy of Michael Novak (1933-2017), a man of Tradition
It is for his appraisal of the free market economy that the late Michael Novak is, and will probably continue to be, most known, praised, […]
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The spiritual witness of Flannery O’Connor
The question sometimes comes up: “Where should I start with Flannery O’Connor?” Perhaps the person posing the question has never read O’Connor at all. Or he might have encountered one of her widely anthologized stories […]