Weekly Update

Is just war theory still relevant? With the sorry state of many aspects of modern life (and the human soul), it's a question worth considering.

Does barring politicians who vote against the moral and social teachings of the Church from receiving the Eucharist undermine the legitimacy of religious institutions, as one politician recently claimed?

Patriotism is a genuinely Christian response of gratitude to God, and we need not be bashful about it. Genuine gratitude, genuine love, however, also means seeing things truly.

Are we just enduring a diminishment in reading habits, or in mental and intellectual ones, too?

The life and memory of the Church continue to resonate, in their stubborn way, across a large portion of our culture.

Christian nationalism is something of a misnomer. Christians can be genuinely patriotic, of course – but beyond that, one gets into choppy waters.

Maybe it’s in all our interests if what we determine the “best” for human beings to be comes instead from a common, shared, transcendent ideal, one that goes far beyond any one of us.

The search for a narrative worth being part of just may be the search worthy of our greatest intellectual and personal efforts.

For a Christian, there’s a clear order to follow when considering difficult and contentious issues: we start, always, in first principles.

“Habemus Papam” is yet another sign that the Lord is with us – a sign that God himself is making good on his promise to provide a shepherd for us.