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The Socialist Myth: Igor Shafarevich and Modern Nihilism

November 4, 2021 Prof. Thomas Heinrich Stark 32

Comprehensive ideological systems, which determine the prevailing world view in societies and cultures, are based on so-called “grand narratives”.1 Such grand narratives are mostly of a religious nature. In earlier phases of human cultural development, […]

Analysis

Does the Catholic Church owe an apology for the conquest of the New World?

October 29, 2021 Matthew Cullinan Hoffman 15

Mexico’s socialist president Andrés Manuel López Óbrador is on a crusade, or perhaps better put, an anti-crusade, to obtain an apology from Spain and the Catholic Church for the conquest and colonization of the Americas. […]

Analysis

Usury, socialism, and a Catholic perspective on student loans

September 3, 2021 Rachel Hoover Canto 71

Millennials like socialism. It’s no secret that many of them vote for “democratic socialists” such as Bernie Sanders, and a 2019 poll found that “45% of Generation Z and Millennials believe that ‘all higher education […]

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Venezuelan bishops criticize National Guard for obstructing aid to victims of rains, landslides

August 31, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Caritas Merida assists in solidarity work after heavy rains in the Venezuelan state. Credit: Caritas Merida. / null

Merida, Venezuela, Aug 31, 2021 / 17:29 pm (CNA).
The Venezuelan bishops’ conference criticized on Monday the Venezuelan National… […]

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Venezuelan president rejects Vatican letter calling for dialogue 

July 23, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro speaks at a rally in Caracas in support calling a constituent assembly, May 23, 2017. / Marco Salgado/Shutterstock

Caracas, Venezuela, Jul 23, 2021 / 17:01 pm (CNA).
Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela,… […]

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Venezuelan bishops to address country’s situation during plenary assembly

July 7, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

May 3, 2017 Deputy of the National Assembly holds a Venezuelan flag when the protest in Caracas is repressed by the Bolivarian National Guard with tear gas. Credit: Reynaldo Riobueno/Shutterstock

Caracas, Venezuela, Jul 7, 2021 / 16:19 pm (CNA)…. […]

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Understanding freedom in an age of false idols

June 16, 2021 Jerry Salyer 6

“At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.” – United States Supreme Court, Planned Parenthood vs […]

Essay

Freedom, Including Religious Freedom, Is Never Free

November 11, 2019 George Weigel 9

Editor’s note: The Religious Freedom Institute, which works by education and advocacy to achieve global acceptance of religious freedom as a basic human right, the cornerstone of a successful society, and a source of national […]

The Dispatch

New book details Catholic Church’s role in twentieth-century European politics

November 5, 2019 James Baresel 4

It is a rare enough book which calls attention to a set of facts which are crucial to an accurate understanding of a given period of history and yet widely overlooked. Giuliana Chamedes’ A Twentieth-Century Crusade: […]

The Dispatch

Pope Francis and the “religion of humanity’

June 20, 2019 Anne Hendershott 41

As individuals move away from organized religion, they begin to search elsewhere for meaning in their lives. Some turn to relationships, to work, or to politics. In doing so, they become creatures not of God […]

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