Why Saints, Not Superman, Are the Real Heroes
COMMENTARY: The love of power is the opposite of the power of love — so why do we idolize strength over virtue?
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The True Meaning of Holiness
COMMENTARY: Holiness isn’t reserved for the elite — it’s the call of every Christian to live in union with God.
Freedom Without Limits? Why the Modern World Struggles to Say No
COMMENTARY: From Chesterton to Newman, Catholic thinkers have warned that true freedom includes the ability to reject what is destructive.
What Books Should You Read?
COMMENTARY: We can learn much from books, but how do we know which books are worth reading?
Getting Gifts Opens Your Eyes — Giving Gifts Opens Your Heart
COMMENTARY: The simplest gift, when accompanied by the right sentiment, is a gift that cannot be measured in dollars and cents.
The Radical Change in the Conscience of America
COMMENTARY: Revisiting Ronald Reagan’s 1983 essay ‘Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation.’
Serenity Now, God Later? Seinfeld and Stoicism’s Show About Nothing
COMMENTARY: From a Christian perspective, stoicism is not the road to sanctity. Yet, stoicism and Christianity have something in common.
When Pope Benedict XVI Met Fidel Castro
COMMENTARY: If the Cuban dictator read the first 21 pages of Introduction to Christianity he could have found Pope Benedict XVI to be his brother and a meaningful dialogue could ensue.
Is Catholicism a Religion-in-Progress or Does It Abide in Christ’s Teaching?
COMMENTARY: ‘Anyone who is so progressive,’ says the Second Epistle of John, ‘as not to remain in the teaching of the Christ does not have God; whoever remains in the teaching has the Father and the Son.’
There Is No Shame in Being Catholic
COMMENTARY: Professing what seems to be unbelievable, and suffering scorn and ridicule from the secular world, need not cause shame.
