The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has everyone talking about “systemic racism” right now. Yet just three weeks ago everyone was talking and thinking
Today, in the United States of America, on Memorial Day, we honor and remember all the brave men and women who died while fighting to
The word socialism is freely tossed around in the public square, especially on social media. Too often, though, it’s either a misnomer for some government
Reform of the American medical care system is necessary not only from the perspective of Catholic social teaching but also from the economic standpoint as
Like every other social issue before it or concurrent with it, the COVID-19 Crisis calls us to practice justice. Unless we understand justice, we will
Denying that price-gouging is a real and infamous practice, you would think, is like denying that gravity exists. However, Kyle Smith tries his best to
If you are fortunate enough to still be working during the pandemic, be grateful. And don’t forget that even though Masses have been canceled your
In its 2020 session, the New York State legislature, the same gang who lit up the World Trade Center tower in celebration of legalizing unlimited
Every time Pope Francis speaks, the papers are filled with sensational headlines; he does not emphasize many of the popular, hot issues like abortion and
Approximately 327 million human beings are living in the U.S. and, glory to God, not one of those people is like the other. Certainly, they
I recently participated in a training course for the International Federation for Family Development, where families met from all over Europe and a couple from
There’s been a lot talk during the last 20 odd years, mostly by the secular progressive moral relativists among us, about fairness and being fair.
When my wife and I moved from Cincinnati in 1978, we intentionally chose to relocate to the most diverse (formerly described as “integrated”) municipality in
Does it fit within our Christian values to manufacture a human baby? More specifically, does it fit within our Catholic values? Our children will inherit
Yes, he did it. In a majority legal opinion issued in May, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas put a stick in the middle of
We’re hearing a lot of strange statements and confusing messages these days. Politicians are especially good at creating confusion. But more and more, it seems,
The Catechism of the Catholic Church has something to say about immigration, not because it is a hot political topic, but because it is a
White nationalism and postmodernism constitute a kind of yang and yin in Western politics. Where the latter has fed for many years the worldview of
Intersectionality theory is the most dangerous political ideology to sweep academia since the 1960s resurgence of Marxism-Leninism, to which it owes a heavy (if not
I would now like to speak directly to every woman, to reflect with her on the problems and the prospects of what it means to
Envy, in our modern idiom, is treated almost as a joke, a backhanded way of celebrating our neighbor’s good fortune: “I envy you, brother.” “You
It would be understandable if Catholics and the public at large believed that the death penalty’s existence depended solely on its effectiveness in protecting society
