Alasdair MacIntyre: An Appreciation
Reading After Virtue was like finding a map of the intellectual terrain I had been stumbling through in the dark.
May 244 min read
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Pope Leo XIV and the Present Eclipse of Authority
'Authority' is a term in disrepute, often connoting something negative like authoritarianism and totalitarianism. But the Italian philosopher Augusto Del Noce did not see it that way. He believed that our age is experiencing a profound crisis of authority. In his long, illuminating essay "Authority and Power", Del Noce argues that "the eclipse of the idea of authority is one of the essential characteristics of today's world; in fact, it is the most immediately observable cha
May 185 min read
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St. Augustine, The Exorcist, and the Idolatry of Self
With the election of an Augustinian pope, will ancient wisdom be given another chance to help solve modern problems?
May 1417 min read
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Pope Leo XIV Continuing Pope Leo XIII's Legacy in the Age of AI
Pope Leo XIV frames his pontificate as a response to today's urgent social question —one beyond the context of the first industrial revolution, but in the emerging challenges for the defense of human dignity, justice and labor that stem from developments in artificial intelligence.
May 115 min read
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Da Pope: The Pope from the South Side of Chicago
A Pope from the South Side of Chicago — and a White Sox fan? Unbelievable. No one thought we'd see an American Pope in our lifetime—let...
May 92 min read
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Witness to Good Work
Modern society has forgotten the dignity of work—but the life of my father-in-law and the witness of St. Joseph remind us what real work means.
May 16 min read
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Follow Me: A Pilgrimage with St. John Paul II
I first heard of Pope John Paul II's death from a news reporter outside the St. Louis Cathedral, while visiting Saint Louis University —...
Apr 25 min read
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