Weekly Update

How are we to think about monarchies?

While our culture often takes for granted the value of education, it seldom considers its most essential goal.

Labor and toil have been redeemed by the "carpenter's son," Jesus Christ, and the Church has long offered a clear vision of the dignity of work.

The Greeks identified education as skole - leisure. Their vision for education and leisure alike can help Christians to arrange our own lives today.

Oppressive regimes have often targeted the Church despite history's repeated lesson: the successor of Peter remains, but the successors of Caesar are long forgotten.

The modern secular world has a religious creed of its own: although it is hard to define, it is readily enforced but a mob mentality.

Being steeped in the Christian tradition can serve as a buffer against an algorithmic society.

A quick primer on engaging those with whom we disagree.

The ordinary time of summer serves as a yearly break from work-centered mindsets, giving us on opportunity to reflect on how we read the news.

While intelligence is a great gift, it is not the ultimate test of our human quality – and it is perhaps far less important in political and social life than is a solid character.