Markets, Mercy, and True Prudence
The Church speaks authoritatively on moral principles, but economic policy is a matter of prudence, evidence, and reason.
TCT Columns
A Good Friday Death: Vittorio Messori, RIP
Vittorio Messori, an influential Catholic journalist, fundamentally transformed modern papal communication.
A Saintly Patriotism: Lessons from St. Joan of Arc
St. Joan of Arc demonstrated that true patriotism flows from a primary devotion to God's will.
Not About AI
Surrendering freedom and moral responsibility in exchange for security and earthly comfort is an enduring human temptation.
Coherence in Continuity
Magnifica Humanitas, more than a critique of AI, offers a defense of human dignity against impersonal efficiency.
Trusting the One who ‘Knows What He’s About’
St. John Henry Newman says that God the Creator "knows what He is about." Can we say the same about ourselves?
Dante and the Office
What if the afterlife was a divine comedy like the movie Office Space?
Thoughts About the Vocation of Soldiers
A soldier's sacred service to defend justice and freedom mirrors the priest's spiritual warfare to defend God's moral law.
Heartburn and Broken Ribs
St. Philip Neri’s encounter with the Holy Spirit shows how the Spirit seeks to purify our hearts and profoundly transform our lives.
Folly in the Seat of Wisdom
Social contagion and ideological delusions, from the Salem witch trials to NY's warnings to the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne.
The Perennial Question: “Who Is Man?”
The contemporary assault on human dignity results in the gleeful desecration of the human person.
We Need Centers of Human Fructification
A Christian should pursue fructifying flourishing through the pursuit of holiness, embrace of vocation, and courage.