Civil Discourse & Classic Catholicism

I begin here by admitting that I never heard of Charlie Kirk until the day he was killed earlier this week.  Like you, I know that we will hear and learn much more about him in the weeks, months, and years ahead, especially his movement, Turning Point USA, that engages young people in community affairs […]

Synodal People

In the early 1940s, C. S. Lewis wrote in his famous book, Mere Christianity, “Already the new people are dotted here and there all over the earth.  Some are hardly recognizable: but others can be quickly recognized. Every now and then you’ll meet one. Their very voices and faces are different from ours: stronger, quieter, […]

No Need For God

When nineteenth century French scholar Pierre-Simon Laplace was asked by Napolean how God fit into academic equations, he famously responded, “I have no need of that hypothesis.”   Though he was quick to admit that what humans know about our existence is extremely limited and what we don’t know about it is immense, many have used […]