Dr. Edward Feser is an accomplished Catholic philosopher whose work is worthy of attention. While preparing a class on the proofs of God’s existence, I happened upon a great piece he wrote for his blog, as well as this interview … Continue reading

Dr. Edward Feser is an accomplished Catholic philosopher whose work is worthy of attention. While preparing a class on the proofs of God’s existence, I happened upon a great piece he wrote for his blog, as well as this interview … Continue reading
And the soldiers also asked him, saying: And what shall we do? And he said to them: Do violence to no man; neither calumniate any man; and be content with your pay (Matthew 3:14). Then Jesus saith to him: Put … Continue reading
In the latter part of 2006, after the April 2005 installation of Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI, I had occasion to tell a professor friend of mine confidentially that I have always had difficulties reading with understanding the varied … Continue reading
Concerning human evolution, the Church has a more definite teaching. It allows for the possibility that man’s body developed from previous biological forms, under God’s guidance, but it insists on the special creation of his soul. Pope Pius XII declared … Continue reading
The Witherspoon Institute, Public Discourse, Aaron Alexander Zubia: In the interpretation of at least one of the Founders, Thomas Jefferson, American political institutions are not constructed to direct citizens toward virtue, but simply to direct them toward ease, convenience, and … Continue reading
A reader of this site and listener to Reconquest named Erik sent me an email question, the answer to which I think may be of general interest, so I post the correspondence here: Dear Brother Andre Marie, I recently encountered … Continue reading
Healthy Republic, Katie Petrick: If you talk about your “feelings” in one introductory law class at Faulkner University, you must cluck like a chicken. After seeing a regression of intelligent responses for the past seven years, Adam J. MacLeod, associate professor … Continue reading
Catholic Stand, Bob Drury: Moses set before the people Life and Death; from another aspect, Intelligibility and Inanity. He urged them to choose life (Deuteronomy 30:19). The Transcendentals Life and Intelligibility in this context refer to a single identity. They differ … Continue reading
A Review of As It Is in Heaven: Christian Living and Social Order by Gary Potter, Loreto Publications, 2017 How, you may ask, would so monumental a task be possible in these disordered times when Christian morality is scoffed at … Continue reading
This short essay proposes to consider, not only the above-mentioned Major B.K. and General de Castelnau, but also Maurice Baring himself, as “one of God’s gentlemen,” as one whose own generous and chivalrous character is marked by a sincere, deep, … Continue reading
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