Transhumanism is a desperate belief system that grasps at technological straws. But the raw desperation in that grasping has the potential–like all Utopian movements–to unleash
In my previous column, I mentioned that there are three senses in which we have real freedom, and one sense in which we have false
What makes us free? There are, on the whole, three true types of freedom and one false one. Among the three true types, one is
Rituals are a forgotten art—we have forgotten the art of practicing them, while at the same time losing sight of the fact that we practice
This is part VIII of a series on works of mercy which I have written for Lent. You can read part I, part II, part III, part
This is part VII of a series on works of mercy which I have written for Lent. You can read part I, part II, part III, part
This is part VI of a series on works of mercy which I have written for Lent. You can read part I, part II, part III, part
This is part V of a series on works of mercy which I have written for Lent. You can read part I, part II, part III,
This is part IV of a series on works of mercy which I have written for Lent. You can read part I, part II, and part III
This is part III of a series on works of mercy which I have written for Lent. You can read part I and part II first.
This is part II of a series on works of mercy which I have written for Lent. You can read part I first. Feed
One of the pillars of Lent is almsgiving (and by extension, almsdeeds). On the surface, almsgiving and almsdeeds mean only to give away money or
“Those, who denounce fear, assail the law; and if the law, plainly also God, who gave the law…. If, then, according to hypothesis, they abolish
In a short but provocative reflection, Prof. J. Budziszewski calls curiosity the enemy of wonder. In so doing, he is drawing a distinction between the
What does it mean to have hope? I keep returning to this question in my many musings. There are, in a sense, two mistakes which
The sad news that some 55 parishes in and around New York are going to be shuttered (or “merged” with other parishes) has been public
Chesterton once observed that men generally have two attitudes towards dogma: some consciously recognize their reliance upon it, and others attempt to deny that reliance.
“The things which we Christians embrace by divine faith, and which are not to be received except by divine faith, are humanly incredible. They are
The college semester is upon us again, and at most universities the new academic year is either now beginning or has recently begun []. For
Not only is suicide a sin, it is the sin. It is the ultimate and absolute evil, the refusal to take an interest in existence;
“Christianity, it is said, owes this, that, and the other to Judaism. It has borrowed this, that, and the other from Hellenism. Or from Essenism.
