Recently I was asked to give a lecture on the topic, “Freedom to Serve the Common Good: Faith in the Public Square and Public Office.” The best I could do was to explain why this is a difficult—if not impossible—task in the contemporary American political context. This is because the regnant definition of “freedom” precludes
In the emphasis on family and community life, in contrast to the world of American commercial justice, the film contains a lesson about the virtue of real friendship.
During the weekend of 21-23 January, defenders of unborn human life will make their annual trek to Washington D.C. to express their opposition to Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that struck down States’ laws restricting or reasonably regulating abortion. Unlike the prior 47 years, however, this year’s National March for Life will
Like the sabbath, the economy is at the service of the human person, not vice versa. Thus, the measure of a moral economy is the development of the full human person.
Pilate came to flex imperial muscle. With a little shock and awe, he came to Jerusalem to remind the Jews that their primary identification was as Roman subjects.
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