By M.A. Student Vincent Schiffiano This past week we met with Piero Tozzi and Mary Vigil from the office of Congressman Chris Smith. We did so on campus in the historic Curley Hall in the beautiful Vincent Walter room. The meeting was truly inspirational as those of us discerning God’s plan for our […]
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 […]
100 million and 1.5 billion. These figures represent the number of people killed by Communism and those currently living under its oppression. Communism has and continues to be a profound threat to human rights around the world. The most severe Communist oppression today is that imposed by the Chinese Communist Party. While visiting the […]
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 […]
NATIONAL REVIEW By: Jack Butler No, it’s not just a Journey song (and the only good one, in my view; I would be fine with never hearing “Don’t Stop Believin’” ever again). From the very beginning of the Christian faith, followers of Jesus have been struggling with the relationship between the two worlds to which they are […]
By Megan Witt, M.A. Student On Wednesday September 28th, the M.A. of Human Rights students met with Professor Robert Destro. In the meeting, Professor Destro discussed his journey through undergraduate work, law school, and his professional life. He gave his wisdom on how we could each make a difference in the fields we are passionate […]
WSJ | OPINION The U.S. shouldn’t intervene directly, but it should help Ukraine develop a credible deterrent. By: Jakub Grygiel Vladimir Putin has again threatened to use nuclear weapons to protect Russia and its people. In his remarks Friday, he extended that nuclear deterrence over the 15% of Ukraine’s territory that Russia annexed after sham referendums […]
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 […]
By Vincent Schiffiano, M.A. Student Recently the M.A. in Human Rights student met with Dr. Kent Hill. Dr. Hill is an example of a man whose life will never run out of stories and is as varied as it is accomplished. Beginning his journey as a fallen-away Christian in college, he decided to pursue Russian […]
Real Clear Religion By: Andrea Picciotti-Bayer When my son recently began his first year in college, I kept my advice simple: make friends, have fun, and study, but ignore the propaganda. Originally founded as a religious college, the university he’s attending is now secular and progressive. You would think that parents whose children, unlike my […]
WSJ | OPINION The faithful need a framework that rejects secularism and sectarianism alike. By: Andrea Picciotti-Bayer How should American Catholics think about their faith and public life? Take abortion. Two of the nation’s most prominent Catholic politicians, President Joe Biden and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have unequivocally abandoned the church’s teaching on the dignity of human life from […]
