OPINION | THE NEW YORK TIMES By: Andrea Picciotti-Bayer To the Editor: Re “The Dobbs Decision Revealed How Weak the Pro-Life Movement Really Is,” by Matthew Walther (Opinion guest essay, Nov. 5): Mr. Walther ignores the heroic advocacy on behalf of the unborn outside the legal arena. The pro-life movement includes staff and volunteers at […]
REALCLEAR RELIGION By: Andrea Picciotti-Bayer Results from the midterm elections have several states now providing legal safe haven for the gruesome act of abortion. The response of Catholics and other pro-life Americans must not be despair, nor should we become despondent. Instead, we can draw on our 2,000-year tradition of mobilizing as a community of […]
LAW & LIBERTY By: James M. Patterson Since Russell Kirk and Richard Weaver published their canonical texts on American conservatism, subsequent authors have felt compelled to ground their arguments in the history of ideas. These later authors have not always measured up to their forebears, as they frequently resorted to the now-exhausted narrative of decline […]
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL We are born to suffer. But we can still live well, not in spite of our suffering but in full acknowledgment of it. By: Jennifer Frey
By IHE Intern Noah Sell The role of the Liturgy in the life of a Catholic is something not often discussed. Although it is generally acknowledged that the faithful should do more than just attend Mass on Sunday, often the proposed remedy is encouraging the faithful to personal prayer. While that is a fine endeavor, […]
By IHE Fellow David Cloutier Saint John Paul II terms the universal destination of goods “the first principle” of the economic order, and Francis names it the “golden rule of social conduct.” The principle itself is not well-known among ordinary Catholics, and it can easily be confused with socialism at first glance. But socialism is […]
THE WASHINGTON TIMES Democrats’ radical support for late-term, on-demand abortion By: Elizabeth Kirk Restore Roe! This is the rallying cry throughout the country as we head into the midterm elections. President Biden promised recently that if the Democrats maintain control of Congress in the mid-terms, the first thing he would do is “sign a law codifying Roe in […]
By Lucia A. Silecchia On Veterans Day a number of years ago, a cafe chain offered a free coffee drink to any veteran who visited on the eleventh day of the eleventh month. My Dad, a 1950’s Army veteran, went to claim this gracious token of appreciation. He came home, coffee in hand, but a […]
THE HILL By: Jakub Grygiel Isolationism is tempting. We may look at the world and see distant wars as local squabbles that, tragic as they may be, do not impact our life. War in Ukraine? It must be another eruption of ancient tribal hatreds and we should steer clear of it. Moreover, we may be […]
THE WASHINGTON TIMES Believers need the intellectual tools to reject both By: Andrea Picciotti-Bayer As our society becomes ever more contemptuous of religious belief, young Catholics are under pressure not to let their faith go beyond the parish parking lot. At the same time, however, some of our political leaders constantly refer to themselves as Catholic even […]
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