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May 2017

May 29, 2017

How is Classical Philosophy is Like War?

Emmanuel Levinas, the father of personalist-oriented phenomenology, reminds us that war is the model for...

April 2017

April 19, 2017

How Did the Resurrection Historically Affect Reason?

Easter is over, but there are plenty reasons to reason out the resurrections relation to...

March 2017

March 07, 2017

Lent Blockbuster: John Paul II’s Private Spiritual Diaries to Be Published Soon

The matter of privacy is especially dear to intellectuals. Milan Kundera, whom I mentioned in...

January 2017

January 11, 2017

Zygmunt Bauman Goes to Eternity from Liquid Modernity

Caillebot's painting above is significant to me because in and through its simplicity the painting evokes a world of...

October 2016

October 13, 2016

The Biblical Weight of Suffering in Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize Winning Songwriting

Bob Dylan is one of my earliest theological influences, therefore it gladdens me to see...

July 2016

July 25, 2016

7 Places You Have to Visit During World Youth Day to Get a Real Feel for the Soul of Krakow

If I forget you, O Krakow, let my right hand wither. These are my "I'm...

July 07, 2016

Only Useful Idiots Would Say Cardinal Zen is Calling for Schism in China

On June 30, 2016, the Italian news outlet La Stampa put out an article written...

June 2016

June 20, 2016

Fr. Z Wants to Make America Afghanistan

Mass will be followed by coffee, donuts, and AR-15 training this week. The oddest reaction...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

Watershed Vatican Conference Makes War on Just War

There is a solid rule about what you can expect about reporting on Catholicism: If it's making the...

November 2015

November 05, 2015

René Girard: The Papacy Defeated the West

The medieval West is frequently identified with Christendom. Girard sets the record straight in Battling to...

October 2015

October 06, 2015

What Do the Popes Truly Say About Socialism?

Like the man who slays a son in his father's presence is he who...

April 2015

April 02, 2015

Pope Francis and Kristeva Celebrate JP2’s Suffering With Joy

Today Pope Francis celebrated the 10th anniversary of John Paul II's passing with the following...

March 2015

March 16, 2015

2nd Year Summary: 3 Things I Love (& 1 Not So Much) About the Francis Papacy

Anniversaries are traditionally reserved for tallying gains and losses. It's hard to believe...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

Doubt Douthat’s Donatist Precipice

Ross Douthat's "The Pope and Precipice" has received plenty of attention of late. Rod Dreher...

October 22, 2014

MacIntyre’s Revelatory Argument About Disability

There is nothing like the thrill of discovering a new vein of thought. The only...

August 2014

August 19, 2014

Phenomenology, the Anxieties of Life, and the Mystery of Hope

It's finally time to write a post here at Patheos. I've kept busy the past...

August 05, 2014

The Central European and Social Heart of Phenomenology

Contemporary philosophical movements are not known for connecting on a practical level with Catholics. Catholics...

April 2014

April 28, 2014

No More Throne and Altar: St. JP2 on Inequality is the Root of Social Evil

Pope Francis caused a storm of controversy with the tweet, "Inequality is the root of social...

April 27, 2014

Ode for John Paul II by Czeslaw Milosz

"Ode for the Eightieth Birthday of Pope John Paul II" by Czeslaw Milosz in New...

April 10, 2014

Why Be So Harsh on George Weigel? Because of What Weigel Said.

I've penned an Immigration Manifesto with Sam Rocha over at Ethika Politika. Our displeasure with...

January 2014

January 27, 2014

Forgiveness Wins: The Perversity of the Prodigal Father

I reluctantly watched the new Arendt biopic last year. The trailer seemed to offer...

January 12, 2014

God, Cosmos, Humankind, and Woman

Before getting totally side-tracked by the silly Zmirak controversy I meant to write about...

November 2013

November 20, 2013

Prominent Polish Prelates and the Poisonous Fruit of Unbridled Capitalism (Catholiclandia III)

Wyszynski and Wojtyla upon the latter's election as pope. The first thing you...

July 2013

July 25, 2013

Orientalist Dreams of Poland as Catholiclandia (Part I)

There are plenty of stereotypes floating in the seas of religious punditry. The so-called pundits...