A Reflection on Unity and Disunity
I recently wrote an essay entitled “What Catholics Can Learn From Buddhists.” A reader responded by stating that Jesus is [...]
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What Catholics Can Learn from Buddhists
For centuries Catholics were discouraged, and even forbidden, from reading non-Catholic works lest their faith be undermined. Such precautions were [...]
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Secrets of Successful Enterprise
Amalga, Joan, Vincent, Marianne There is nothing like a couple of weeks at [...]
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03, 2019
The Favorite Word of Liberals: “Hate”
“Hate” seems to be the most popular word among liberals. If someone says almost anything about a controversial issue, or [...]
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Restoring the Catholic Church
Recently, while dusting my bookcase, I noticed my copy of Malachi Martin’s The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church, published [...]
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The Laity’s Response to Sex Scandals
Even before Catholics could fully grasp the enormity of the sex abuse scandals in their church, new revelations came in [...]
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On Reading and Listening, Part 2
The first part of this essay noted the reading and listening deficit in America and identified its causes as the [...]
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On Reading and Listening
Sir Francis Bacon In a recent essay I chastised the [...]
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The Florida Bishops on Abortion and Contraception
On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, January 22, 2019, the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops published a pastoral letter [...]
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Why Is Socialism So Popular?
Socialism has been the rage among intellectual elites for a long time. What was different in 2016 was that it [...]