French philosopher and poet Jean Wahl lived from 1888-1974. He was Professor of Philosophy at the Sorbonne from 1936-1947, albeit …
Attention and the Screen-Sick Soul
I remember the first time a gas pump gave me a sales pitch. I pulled off I-64 near Crozet, Virginia, …
Parishioners Don’t Belong at the Parish
A cynic like myself might be tempted to ascribe the current emphasis on evangelization in the Church to an increased …
Constantinople II
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Do We Love Creation Like God Does?
Are you in love with God’s creation? Do you love creation with the same love with which God loves it? …
We Are Family: On Fraternal Liberalism
In Caritas in Veritate, Pope Benedict XVI makes a surprising claim about integral human development: “The development of peoples depends, …
Pascalian Mockery as Love of Enemy
Consider a now-familiar tableau: a respected and accomplished academic publicly defends a view which a few years before would have …
Canon 916 and the Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church
Recently the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops began a process known as a National Eucharistic Revival: “The Bishops of …
An Archaeology of the Liberal Episteme
Liberalism is generally thought to be first and foremost a political theory. In a specifically historical sense this is correct. …
Chalcedon
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