Why Being Rather Than Nothingness? Part IV
Modern scientific atheism (A.K.A. scientism) is just a dogmatic assertion that dismisses God, meaning, and purpose, reducing the universe to a mindless chaos of accidental stuff.
Did It Happen or Not?
The reality of Emmanuel, God with us, demands a response from both those who believe and those who don’t.
Why Being Rather Than Nothingness? Part III
Most Christians, including Paul, would say the Resurrection is the basis of our entire faith, but without creation, there can be no Incarnation or Resurrection.
Why Being Rather Than Nothingness? Part II
While scientific inquiry and advances have changed the world we live in, it does not have the power to penetrate even a centimeter into the primary question of God.
Why Being Rather Than Nothingness? Part I
True union with God comes not by escaping time but by coursing through it with Christ, its creator and consummator.
Without Faith There Is No Future
France really is the purest distillate of what postmodern man actually looks like. It is not a pretty sight.
A Last Word on Catholic Culture
Christopher Dawson’s legacy was to document as learnedly as he knew how both the natural and the necessary connection between religion and culture.
The Irrepressibility of Innocence
Who was this extraordinary young woman, Joan of Arc? And why should it matter that, nearly six centuries after her death, that homage be paid to her memory?
Giving the World a Christian Shape
There is no Christian culture if the Church commissioned to preach into it falls silent, or worse.
Grounding the State in the Christian Creed
A culture without public prayer is a culture that no political intervention can preserve.
Optimizing Human Fulfillment
A well-ordered society requires the presence of three essential relationships: man’s connection to the world, to one another, and to God.
Living an Integrated Life
To live a full human life as a being composed of a body and soul united, a human society must account for and even point us to both – but how?
Astronomy for the Soul
Saint Paul said that no man would be excused from the knowledge of the true God, in that visible creation so clearly pointed to the invisible Creator.
Combatting the “Naked Public Square”
There are no political solutions to the current decline of Western culture.
Religion and Politics in Public Life
Long before woke, the separation of church and state was the first virtue signal.
In Defense of Mary, Maiden-Mother of God
The Church has always directed our attention to Mary because Christ chose His own humanity from hers.
Rediscovering Our Roots
Catholc culture is, first and foremost, a society built upon a family whose identity draws from the Holy Family.
Read This Book!
Chesterton, as a writer of and for the human imagination, might be the best evangelist in an age where truth is not allowed to enter, and beauty has been replaced by the obscene.
Configuring All Things to Christ
Christianity is mere personal piety if it does not penetrate into every aspect of our public life—the culture at large—and we must insist on bringing it there.
Doing Politics Without God
The United States, founded upon freedom of religion, has turned rather into freedom from religion.