America’s Greatest Birthday Gift
At the conclusion of the third of National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, Philadelphia’s heat made the lesson unmistakable: a pilgrimage isn't a vacation, and Christ is still leading the way.
Results from Tag: 'declaration of independence'
The Declaration of Independence Packs History-Changing Power
COMMENTARY: That power resonates beyond the shores of the United States 250 years later.
Keeping a Republic: A 250th Birthday Meditation
COMMENTARY: It takes a critical mass of people, living certain virtues, to keep the American experiment on track.
Senator Flunks Civics 101: Governments Secure Rights, God Grants Them
COMMENTARY: Sen. Tim Kaine’s declaration of dependence on our political leaders misses the point of America’s founding: Governments are instituted to secure our rights, not grant them.
A Hat Tip to America: Religious Freedom and Parental Rights in the US and Germany
EDITORIAL: The Supreme Court’s recent Montgomery County decision and the Archdiocese of Hamburg’s new pro-LGBT sex-education policy starkly contrast the two nations’ very different situations.
Primer on the Only Catholic Who Signed the Declaration of Independence
He was not only the lone Catholic to do so, but being the richest man in the colonies, Carroll was putting his entire fortune on the line along with his life.
Independence Day and Catholic Citizens: Patriotic Witness in Word and Deed to Truth and Justice
COMMENTARY: One of the most vital services that Catholic Christians provide to our nation is our witness to truth and the reasonableness of reason. This is especially true of our witness to the natural moral law (knowable by all who use right reason) and to the norms of social justice.
Ven. Fulton Sheen: ‘The Declaration of Independence Is a Declaration of Dependence’
‘Because God made us free, we have rights,’ said Archbishop Sheen. ‘Because God made us creatures, we have duties.’
Aquinas Proves God Exists and Faith Is Discoursed and Explained, as Culture Is Engaged
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Natural Law and Moral Virtues Bring Independence From Tyranny
In the very opening sentence of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson appeals to the authority of “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.”
