Miracles and Death
The logical conclusion from throwing doubts on all tales like the miracles of St. Francis was to throw doubts on the existence of men like St. Francis.
God’s Pursuit of Fr. Walter Ciszek, and Each of Us
Fr. Walter Ciszek was conscious that every person we encounter, every suffering we endure, and every situation we find ourselves is an opportunity God uses to pursue us.
Meeting Jesus in the Poor and the Privileged
The very ill and the paralyzed who come for help often tell us they are praying for us, that they know that we have a heart for the poor.
The Curiosity of Immigrant Ownership in the United States
What explains this pattern of immigrant owned businesses? It is that ownership is vested not in the individual so much as the family.
To Proclaim Christ to All Peoples and Nations
An Economics of Justice & Charity unpacks the social teachings and challenges Catholics to deepen their knowledge of the social doctrine of the Church.
An Example
Citizens who have been long deprived of their property and who have ceased to feel the instinct for it, tend to lose their citizenship.
Low Wages and Easy Speeches
Wages don't matter - unless you happen to be a low-wage worker who also needs to live and perhaps wants to live right now.
Anti-Union Hypocrisy and the Janus Case
The same radical individualism that wants unions to be nothing but ineffectual voluntary organizations likewise sees marriage and the family as mere voluntary associations.
Contra Torporem: The Catholic School’s Response to Social Media & New Technologies
The Catholic school has a tremendous and deep tradition from which to draw in order to address scenarios engendered by the advent of these new technologies.
An Old Lost Awareness
We do have an urgent practical need to rediscover, reassert, and enact more fully our old lost awareness that God's delicate creation is a good and holy thing.
The Economic Crisis of 2008-2009
There is a disconnect for Catholics between the Word of the Gospel and the economic culture, which countenances every form of self-indulgence.
Francis or Fundamentalism: A False Dichotomy
La Civiltà Cattolica appears to lump together as integralists all varieties of American Catholics who, in one way or another, do not support the program of Pope Francis.
Blasphemy and the Baby
When Catholics talk about the natural law, they mean the law of man’s moral status, as it can be perceived by man’s natural reason.
Justice & Charity: A Review
Justice & Charity could serve as a very helpful introduction for contemporary Catholics utterly unaware of the Church’s rich social doctrine.
Maximum or adequate profits?
What are the pernicious consequences of the pursuit of maximum profits? The best solution would be a radical change in prevailing attitudes.
Rise of the Machines
These machines, and the minds behind them are not benign, but are the result of–at best–a misguided will. Far from encouraging human flourishing, they will destroy it.
Emails to Malcolm
In the spirit of C.S. Lewis, Kevin O'Brien emails his friend Malcolm for the holidays, and in the exchange he reveals Malcolm's spiritual, intellectual, and political ambiguity.
Not Just Solidarity, But Fraternity
Pope Francis invites us to find new creative ways to apply fraternity and solidarity as governing principles in the economic order.
The Catholic Church After Obergefell
Let us use the occasion of the Supreme Court's Obergefell decision not to engage in railing and political strategizing, but to take stock of our spiritual and intellectual health.
Catholicism and Economics
Only when the present economic question is settled, will the real opportunity of Catholicism come; for the conversion of our civilisation.