Can the Church Help Restore America’s Values?
In a recent essay I explained that America's intellectual and moral decline can be reversed by restoring the ideas and [...]
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12, 2023
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08, 2022
The Befuddling Concept of Infallibility
Catholicism is the only religion that formally claims infallibility for its leaders. Infallibility is defined as being "exempt from error [...]
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11, 2021
U.S. Bishops Need to Heed Chesterton’s Advice
One of G.K. Chesterton’s most profound statements was this: “A thinking man must always attack the strongest thing in his [...]
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11, 2021
Why I Remain Catholic
Not long ago a friend asked me why, with all the scandal and disappointment within the hierarchy in the Catholic [...]
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10, 2021
Where Pope Francis Needs to Improve
Polls reveal that a large majority of Catholics have a positive view of Pope Francis. However, far fewer look to [...]
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10, 2021
The Meaning of Charity Has Changed, Part 2
The Good Samaritan Part 1 explained how the meaning of Charity has changed, and ended with these questions: [...]
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09, 2021
The Meaning of Charity Has Changed
Charitable giving is not always virtuous. If I give my own money or goods to someone in need out of [...]
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07, 2020
Catholicism: Can the Decline Be Reversed?
That the Catholic Church has been losing numbers for decades has been well established. Why the loss has occurred, however, [...]
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05, 2020
Advice to a Disenchanted Catholic
A reader recently offered this (paraphrased) comment on an essay of mine: “Your essay and others like it leave me [...]
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02, 2020
Renewing Catholic Respect for Reason
Rodin's The Thinker I recently noted that though the Catholic Church was once Reason’s greatest champion, in recent [...]