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November 2017

November 20, 2017

Catholic Ideology

It may seem rather odd for a Catholic to juxtapose these two terms, to place...

August 2017

August 09, 2017

Subsidarity Is Not Libertarianism

Subsidiarity is a word that gets thrown around a good deal in Catholic circles. Typically,...

August 02, 2017

Catholic Politics in the Age of Francis and Trump

As many of you know, an article in La Civilità Cattolica has stirred up a veritable...

July 2017

July 10, 2017

An Interview with Yours Truly on NPR

I’ve been off at “theory camp” for the past few weeks, which, unfortunately has slowed...

June 2017

June 26, 2017

If the Church Condemns Socialism, She Condemns Modern Conservatism

Liberalism carries with it specific discourses...

June 21, 2017

Christianity, Conspiracy Theory, Evil

What is the relationship between American Christians and conspiracy theories anyway?

June 08, 2017

Catholicism and Marx: An Introduction

Catholic readers found an ally in Marx because he was interested in many of the...

June 06, 2017

The Fatal Flaw in the Pro-Life Movement

There’s been a good deal of talk about the Pro-Life Movement recently, specifically how it...

May 2017

May 19, 2017

Donald Trump: America’s Death Rattle

I did not think Donald Trump would be impeached; in a way, I still don’t....

May 18, 2017

Anarchism and Catholicism: An Introduction

“Anarchy,” a scary word to many, doesn’t get much used in Catholic circles. It seems...

May 16, 2017

Don’t Let Mike Pence Speak at Notre Dame

As a man who has quite literally left the Catholic Church, it’s hard to imagine...

March 2017

March 13, 2017

Will the Poor Always Be with Us?

It’s not uncommon, when you’re someone interested in “social justice,” to have this pericope thrown...

February 2017

February 15, 2017

A Catholic Leftism?

Lots of people seem to think the “Catholic Left” is a contradiction in terms. Surely...

February 06, 2017

Beware the Trump

I am, undeniably, a little late to commenting on the first two-plus weeks of the...

January 2017

January 24, 2017

Charity in the Age of Trump

Irony has been essential in the rise of Donald Trump. I’ve written about it before,...

November 2016

November 14, 2016

Communist Francis? Sure, Why Not?

One must be very careful when speaking about Communism, and I don’t mean because it’s...

November 10, 2016

Confessions of a Catholic Anarchist in Trump’s America

Yesterday I had six hours of class—six hours that bought me a whole day to...

November 08, 2016

A Byzantine Prayer for Election Day

It’s here; it’s finally here—Election Day, November 8, 2016. For many Catholics today has taken...

November 03, 2016

2016: The Year Catholic Politics Broke

Every day I log onto Facebook and, against my better judgment, end up observing or...

November 01, 2016

Is a Smaller Church a Better Church?

Last week, Archbishop Chaput of Philadelphia gave a, by-now infamous, speech, read by some as...

September 2016

September 29, 2016

An Orthodox Catholic Socialism?

I’m sorry to say that the new semester has overwhelmed me. Thousands of pages of...

August 2016

August 25, 2016

An Open Letter to Pro-Life Catholics

Dear _______, We go to the same churches; we fill the same pews. We pray...

August 23, 2016

Mark, Simcha, Abortion, and Fire-Eating Trump Supporters

I have a surprise for readers: I am 22. In other words, I’m young enough...

August 10, 2016

Prayers for the Bulgarian Church

A little while ago I took a little bit (not quite boiling, more like low-simmer)...

August 07, 2016

Can a Catholic Vote for the American Solidarity Party?

Yes. I ought to come clean from the beginning: I am a member of the...

July 2016

July 20, 2016

1054: History, Myth, and the Making of a Schism (Part III)

Here I am proud to present part three of this three-part series on the Great...

July 19, 2016

1054: History, Myth, and the Making of a Schism (Part II)

Here I am proud to present part two of this three-part series on the Great...

July 18, 2016

1054: History, Myth, and the Making of a Schism (Part I)

July 16th marked the 962nd anniversary of the so-called "Great Schism." As someone deeply invested...

July 08, 2016

Liberalism is Conservatism is Not Catholicism

The topic of this post is the word “liberal”: its meanings, its misuses, and what...

June 2016

June 25, 2016

Confused Catholic Ramblings on Brexit

The dust is beginning to clear (before the next great explosions of cultural and political...