Canceled by the Cancel Culture
COMMENTARY: Witness a recent incident of liberality and civil conversation undermined by mob rule.
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Is This the American Apocalypse?
COMMENTARY: The most valuable thing the Catholic Church can do — in good times and bad — is to preach the Kingdom, and give witness to the existence of heaven, which will never pass away.
Is Nationalism Consistent With the Catholic Faith?
COMMENTARY: The nationalism of past human history is not the same thing as the just consciousness and even pride in national identity.
Human Rights and the Truth About Man: The Universal Declaration at 70
COMMENTARY: It remains a task for Catholic defenders of human rights to show that a fully adequate understanding of human rights is not possible without an understanding of the truth about man, which is also the truth about God.
North Korea: Could a First Strike Be Just?
COMMENTARY: The answer is No, based on the publicly known facts and the Church’s framework for thinking about the just use of military force.
The Roots of Polarization: Politics Without Morality and the Transcendent End
COMMENTARY: There is something increasingly bitter about political divisions in our own day.
Just-War Teaching and the Emerging North Korean Crisis
COMMENTARY: What does Catholic teaching about war and peace have to say about the current threat posed by North Korea?
