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Virgins, vigilance, and judgment
On the Readings for Sunday, November 12, 2017 […]
Augustine
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Catholicism and the American Founding
Natural Law, common law, Natural Rights, and localism—all so dear to the Founding—existed in 1776, simply put, because of the Catholic Church. […]
Features
But What Exactly is Easter?
I. As a general principle, an honest man will want know what something is, or is said to be, before he decides whether he thinks it is true or that he must do anything about […]
Books
“All my books come from some kind of love”
Dr. Peter Kreeft is a prolific writer. Stunningly prolific. This is a man who has taught philosophy at Boston College since 1965, while maintaining a robust schedule as an in-demand speaker on all things Catholic—although […]
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An end to the war between evolution and Christian theology?
Strange things were demanded of many young Evangelicals in the twentieth century. Perhaps topping the list were the exhortations to question, criticize, and even ridicule evolutionary science, which, we were told, represented a direct assault […]
Books
Negotiating grace, nature, freedom, autonomy: A conversation with Douglas Farrow
Douglas Farrow, PhD, is professor of theology and Christian thought at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. A noted lecturer and a prolific essayist, he is the author of several books, including Ascension and Ecclesia, Ascension Theology, […]
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Spectacles for the People
In the ancient Lavinium, a port city thirty miles south of Rome, the people celebrated the festival of the god Liber for a whole month. The main festivity was a parade which included a large […]
Essay
Russell Kirk: Conservative, Convert, Catholic
Editor’s note: This essay was originally posted on July 31, 2014, and is re-posted to mark the 100th anniversary of Kirk’s birth. Ordinarily Providence works through men and women—through St. Gregory, through St. Joan. Saints […]
News Briefs
Book Review: Jordan Peterson’s “12 Rules for Life”
Vancouver, Canada, May 14, 2018 / 06:01 am (CNA).- The meteoric rise of Jordan B. Peterson, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, has resulted in a popular book, 12 Rules for Life, published by Random House Canada in January. Peterson… […]
Essay
The “Cassocked Shadow” of Richard Wilbur
A New England poet of nature, indeed, but something must also be said for Wilbur’s Catholic vision of the poet. […]