Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation has certainly emerged as the most talked-about…
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“THE CASE FOR CHRIST” AND A STUBBORNLY HISTORICAL RELIGION
The Case for Christ is a film adaptation of Lee Strobel’s best-selling book of the same name, one that has…
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THOMAS AQUINAS AND THE ART OF MAKING A PUBLIC ARGUMENT
There is, in many quarters, increasing concern about the hyper-charged political correctness that has gripped our campuses and other forums…
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BISHOP ROBERT BARRON ON ‘BRIDGE OF SPIES’
My great mentor Monsignor Robert Sokolowski told a class of eager philosophy students many years ago that we should read…
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BRIAN WILLIAMS, CHRIS MATTHEWS, AND LETTING THE FLY OUT OF THE FLY BOTTLE
During the pope’s visit to America, I had the privilege of commenting for NBC News and for MSNBC. Twice I…
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THE DEATH OF GOD AND THE LOSS OF HUMAN DIGNITY
I am sure by now that many of you have seen the appalling hidden-camera videos of two Planned Parenthood physicians…
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A PROPHETIC POPE AND THE TRADITION OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING
In the wake of the publication of Pope Francis’s encyclical letter Laudato Si’ and of the pope’s recent speeches in…
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WE’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE: MARRIAGE AND THE ROOM OF TEARS
Just last week, I had the privilege of spending four hours in the Sistine Chapel with my Word on Fire…
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LAUDATO SI’ AND ROMANO GUARDINI
In 1986, after serving in a variety of capacities in the Jesuit province of Argentina, Jorge Mario Bergoglio commenced doctoral…
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LOVE, TOLERANCE, AND MAKING THE DISTINCTION
Last week, I wrote a piece on Bruce Jenner’s transformation into Caitlyn Jenner. I argued that the manner in which…