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 […]

By IHE Graduate Scholar Meghan Duke On October 7 we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. St. John Paul II described the rosary as the “school of Mary,” in which we learn from Mary as we contemplate the mysteries of Christ’s life “to discover his secrets and to understand his message.” Mary […]

Michael Gorman School of Philosophy, CUA Few of us like to admit to being wrong.  We drag our feet before doing so.  Sometimes we don’t do it at all, but instead cling to whatever foolish thing we have thought or said. Why hang on to error? Why be wrong when we don’t need to be? […]

By Lucia A. Silecchia “Navigating home,” she said in that assertive, mechanical voice of a well-used GPS system. She calculated the way that would route the car homeward, chiming in from time to time to offer directions and guidance on the way back home. There is something oddly comforting in both her utter confidence and in […]

By IHE Fellow Angela Knobel “We suffer because of our dependence on others. And we must choose this suffering. Much of life is an attempt to distinguish between those sufferings that we ought to try to weed out of the soil of our lives and those sufferings that are seeds that might bear fruit. By […]