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July 2017

July 12, 2017

The Surprising Anti-Capitalist Logic Behind the Catholic Church’s Continued Ban of Gluten-Free Hosts

The continued ban of gluten-free hosts in the Catholic Church shows that the specificity of...

July 07, 2017

What is the Source of Our Culture of Euphemism and Political Correctness?

The sources of euphemism and political correctness are too close to be seen. The Polish...

July 06, 2017

Charlie Gard Is Going to Die

The Charlie Gard case is a hard case. There are legitimate concerns on all sides.

June 2017

June 21, 2017

The Holy Family as an Icon of World Refugee Day?

The exemplary figure of the refugee has deep biblical roots in both the Old and...

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...

May 28, 2017

Where Does the Body of Christ Go After the Ascension?

Jean-Luc Marion argues for a more profound and mundane post-Ascension destination than classical paintings, which...

May 19, 2017

Publicity Campaign Freudian Slip: Planned Parenthood Wants You to “Slay” With Them

"Slaying" is an apposite verb to describe what the nation's largest abortion provider does.

May 04, 2017

Atheists Have “National Day of Reason,” But American Atheism is Irrational

Today is something called "National Reason Day," on the atheist calendar. The National Day of...

May 03, 2017

Western Civ Doesn’t Need Tenured Radicals to Ruin Itself

“Tragedy typically leaves questions painfully open, . . . [but] the challenge is not only how...

April 2017

April 26, 2017

Leading Historian Made the Analogy Between the Refugee Crisis and the Holocaust Long Before Pope Francis

There goes Pope Francis again, speaking off the record about news events off-the-cuff. He's compared...

April 24, 2017

Holocaust Remembrance Day: The Memory of the Holocaust Continues to Evolve

The great German philosopher is usually only known for the statement, made in Prisms, that the culture which...

April 22, 2017

2 Reasons Why the March for Science is a Losing Strategy

The March for Science movement is a losing strategy, because of two reasons: 1. too little faith...

April 15, 2017

Why Yes, The Vatican Museums Are Actually Taking Donations of Blood Money

The blood shed on Good Friday today coagulates into the passivity of Holy Saturday. Western...

April 09, 2017

What is the History of the Coptic Christian Victims of the Egyptian Terrorist Bombings?

The rich diversity of rites has always been a hallmark of Christianity since long before...

April 07, 2017

Syrian Catholic Bishops Unequivocally Condemn American Bombing of Syria

Americans bombing Syria. Wow, that escalated quickly. It all started earlier in the week with...

March 2017

March 17, 2017

The Myth of Secularization

Secularization theory attempted to expose religion as a myth, but the tables have turned. Nietzsche,...

March 15, 2017

Famous Atheists Who Aren’t Atheist: Facebook Creator Mark Zuckerberg and Desecularization

Exposing the secret religious lives of famous personalities such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Alfred...

March 12, 2017

What Do Sex, Lent, UFO’s, Evolution, and the Shroud of Turin Have in Common?

They're all, in one way or another, connected with Catholicism. That's how they're related. These...

March 10, 2017

Why is the Catholic Experience of Sex so Different from the Protestant Experience of Sex?

Our religious beliefs are not private, because they shape our experiences of fundamental realities such...

March 08, 2017

Increasingly Secularized Americans Are Sexless, But Catholics Might Be Bucking the Sex Trends

The sexual revolution appears to have paradoxically liberated our libidos from sex itself. This seems...

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...

March 03, 2017

Extraterrestrials Aren’t a Threat to Theology, Because They Aren’t New to the Ancient Church

I'm completely enthralled with the question, "Is there anybody out there?" --Fr. Brian Reedy SJ...

February 2017

February 14, 2017

February 14th is a Very Problematic Holiday For Many

Derrida liked to gleefully disseminate the news that the ancient Greek word for medicine (pharmakon) also means poison....

February 10, 2017

The Stanford Memorial Resolution for René Girard

René Girard was one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century. Catholics tend to...

February 02, 2017

Alt-Right Bête Noire Milo Yiannopoulos is an Aquinas-quoting Catholic

The news of the violent Berkeley riots that canceled the promotion of alt-right bête noire Milo Yiannopoulos' forthcoming book Dangerous...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

The Left Has Magically Discovered Religious Freedom!

Religious freedom as it actually functions in American politics is a very ambivalent issue. More often...

January 29, 2017

Why is the Trump Administration’s Executive Order Muslim Ban Forcing a Constitutional Crisis?

You too might be exhausted by the constant slacktivism on social media. It lacks and depth and...

January 26, 2017

An Immigration Lawyer Explains the “Extreme Vetting” of the Current Refugee Process

The Washington Post reports on the Trump administration's planned executive order on immigration vetting: The...

January 24, 2017

Why Are Protest Movements (Like the Women’s March) Ineffective?

The Women's March protest has me thinking about protest movements . . . if only...

January 20, 2017

Read the Pope’s Message to Freshly Inaugurated President Trump

I'm tired of political commentary. I suspect I engaged in too much of it...