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Reclaiming control of your imagination
Our media habits shape our imagination, our character, and ultimately our pursuit of holiness. Recovering the virtue of studiousness may be one of the most urgent disciplines of modern Christian life. The post Reclaiming control of…
What JD Vance found in the Church
JD Vance’s ambition has led him to the vice presidency, and his Augustinian restless heart has led him to the Catholic Church. His latest book is an account of how he is endeavoring to bring the spiritual substance of his Catholicism to bear on…
American apostasy at 250
Two hundred and fifty years since our nation’s founding, the public conscience has begun to replace its fidelity to inalienable rights and religious freedom with a state-enforced commitment to radical human autonomy. The…
Leo’s theology of migration
Every pope has his defining mission, a papal charism of sorts that characterizes and in time becomes a shorthand for his pontificate. Pope Leo XIV is the migrant’s pope. The post Leo’s theology of migration appeared first on The…
SSPX issues open letter to Pope Leo XIV and the College of Cardinals
The letter, accompanied by a 28-page Profession of Faith, comes on the eve of the pope’s second meeting with the Sacred College. The post SSPX issues open letter to Pope Leo XIV and the College of Cardinals appeared first on…
SSPX issues open letter to Pope Leo XIV and the College of Cardinals
The letter, accompanied by a 28-page Profession of Faith, comes on the eve of the pope’s second meeting with the Sacred College. The post SSPX issues open letter to Pope Leo XIV and the College of Cardinals appeared first on…
Cardinal Gibbons: Effective advocate for American Catholicism’s Americanization
In a long, fruitful career as leader of the American hierarchy, Cardinal Gibbons combined diplomacy, patriotism and a canny understanding of human nature in a manner that made him the most effective advocate before or since of the…
Andy Burnham and the limits of ‘cultural Catholicism’
Public figures claiming cultural Catholicism should demonstrate their commitment through tangible practices, not just vague allegiance. The post Andy Burnham and the limits of ‘cultural Catholicism’ appeared first on The Catholic…
The Heart of the Father
Through the Eucharist, Christ teaches that authentic fatherhood begins with receiving and sharing the sacrificial love of God. The post The Heart of the Father appeared first on The Catholic Thing. Source link
From Augustine to Auschwitz: Why Just War Still Matters
Responding to Pope Leo’s encyclical, patristics scholar Professor John Rist argues that history, from Rome’s fall to the Second World War, shows the necessity of moral clarity in war. The post From Augustine to Auschwitz:…