Our Culture Has Forgotten a Child Is a Gift From God
COMMENTARY: It is a paradox of human nature that we undervalue what is priceless and overvalue what is worthless.
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Sweet April, Cruel April: Finding Life Where the World Sees Death
COMMENTARY: April exposes the divide between a culture that fears death and a faith that finds life through it.
The Terrible Abyss: Lincoln, Stern and Judas
COMMENTARY: On Good Friday, the ‘terrible abyss’ comes into focus: the freedom that leads some to grace and others to betrayal.
Character, not Caricature: Cardinal Sarah Beyond the Labels
COMMENTARY: A pastor who faced danger in his homeland and later served the Church in Rome, Cardinal Robert Sarah remains above all a man on his knees before God.
The Bishop Who Predicted Today’s Culture of Death — 50 Years Ago
COMMENTARY: Welsh Archbishop John Murphy knew that the secular world places its hope on career, comfort and cash. Life, when it does not fit into these factors, is deemed expendable.
St. Thomas Aquinas’ Silence Spoke More Profoundly Than His Words
COMMENTARY: After producing one of the greatest bodies of theological thought in history, St. Thomas Aquinas fell silent — reminding us that even the highest human wisdom gives way before divine mystery.
Heart Speaks to Heart: Why Science and Scripture Agree on the Importance of Beginnings
COMMENTARY: 'Few are those,' said Albert Einstein, 'who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.'
2 Forgotten Principles to Keep the West From Anarchy
COMMENTARY: From philosophers to presidents, great thinkers have shown that entertaining ideas and bearing correction are foundations of civil society.
The Fatal Assumption at the Heart of Communism
COMMENTARY: A beggar’s hand, a child’s birth — for committed communist Whittaker Chambers, these moments of love shattered the illusion of collectivist utopia.
