Solidarity, Imago Dei, and the Catholic Case against Libertarianism

As prepared for delivery at “Erroneous Autonomy: The Catholic Case against Libertarianism” (with minor edits). Updated with video. As I began preparing for today, I went back and reread some of the theoretical texts of libertarianism – Friedman, Nozick, Rand, and Hayek. These provide the intellectual claims upon which today’s political libertarian agenda are based.… Read More Solidarity, Imago Dei, and the Catholic Case against Libertarianism

June 10, 2014June 23, 2014 Meghan Clark

What Happens Next Will Totally Amaze You

This post by Brendan Busse, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post. My apologies for the headline. I’ve come to hate those ‘up-worthy’ internet burlesque artists who prey upon our need to know, our thirst for fulfillment, our fear of missing out, and our dis-ease with the slightest gap between us and the next big… Read More What Happens Next Will Totally Amaze You

June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 The Jesuit Post on Millennial

How the world sounds after eight days of silence

I recently returned home from an eight-day silent retreat at the Jesuit retreat house in Gloucester, MA, and I am finding that this time away has afforded me a unique perspective on the “real” world. As you might imagine, the world sounds pretty different after a week of silence. My first impression upon reentry was… Read More How the world sounds after eight days of silence

May 27, 2014May 27, 2014 Patrick Manning

Cardinal Dolan Tries to Spin Pope Francis’ Message with Help from a Free Market Critic of the Pope

Cardinal Timothy Dolan has a new article in the Wall Street Journal. It is massively disappointing and either exceptionally inarticulate and incoherent or an intentional dissent from Catholic doctrine on economic justice. What is clear is that it is an attempt (albeit failed) to spin Pope Francis’ strong defense of economic justice in order to… Read More Cardinal Dolan Tries to Spin Pope Francis’ Message with Help from a Free Market Critic of the Pope

May 23, 2014May 23, 2014 Robert Christian

Pedagogy of Suffering: John Paul II’s Victory

In September 2003, Pope John Paul II traveled to Slovakia with an agenda to call the Slovakians to bring their Christian heritage into the European Union. Midway through his opening remarks, John Paul slumped down, breathless and unable to finish his speech. Suddenly, a seemingly quiet trip became a storm of media frenzy. This Pope,… Read More Pedagogy of Suffering: John Paul II’s Victory

May 21, 2014May 21, 2014 Guest Contributor

Conservatives Must Increase Economic Security Not Undermine It

According to the idiosyncratic twentieth-century French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil, “Order is the first need of all.” She wrote this line while enumerating the needs of the human soul, and defined order as “a texture of social relationships such that no one is compelled to violate imperative obligations in order to carry out other… Read More Conservatives Must Increase Economic Security Not Undermine It

May 20, 2014May 20, 2014 Guest Contributor

Scientists and the Vatican Agree: Climate Change is Real, Must be Addressed

One of the most familiar theological notions to millennial Catholics is likely that “the Church has always had the duty of scrutinizing the signs of the times and of interpreting them in the light of the Gospel” (Gaudium et Spes, 4). Although there are numerous examples of how the Church continues to do this, one… Read More Scientists and the Vatican Agree: Climate Change is Real, Must be Addressed

May 15, 2014May 15, 2014 Dan DiLeo

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