Francis Beckwith

When not accusing physicians of performing unnecessary tonsillectomies for financial gain while offering no evidence to back up this claim, our President is accusing a Cambridge, Massachusetts police officer of acting “stupidly” while admitting he does not have access to, and thus has . . . . Continue Reading »

Just received this calendar in the mail from a place called Bridegroom Press . It came with a cover letter by Steve Kellmeyer that included these comments: “As someone who has promoted indulgences in the past, we thought you might appreciate finding out more about this way of helping . . . . Continue Reading »

This letter , authored by Fr. Fessio, just appeared on the Ignatius Press website : This morning, (Monday, July 20th) Dr. Jack Sites, Academic Vice President of Ave Maria University, flew from Houston, where he was attending a meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, to San . . . . Continue Reading »

Just found this wonderful blog online, here . The blog’s contents are divided into these categories: Biographical Resources Interviews Collected Articles Creation of Cardinal Dulles Books by Avery Dulles Video / Media Library Meeting with Pope Benedict XVI Articles about Avery Dulles . . . . Continue Reading »

Entitled ” Capitalism with a Conscience ,” it appeared on July 10 in the Times of London online. . . . . Continue Reading »

Christianity Today just published my take on Pope Benedict XVI’s latest encyclical, Caritas in Veritate . Here is an excerpt. Although mainstream media outlets have already spun this encyclical as one that focuses on the global economic crisis—and it most certainly does address . . . . Continue Reading »

That’s the title of an article I just published in Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 12.3 (Summer 2009): 53-67 . You can find it online on my website here . Here are some excerpts (endnotes omitted): John Paul is suggesting that a university as a whole cannot claim . . . . Continue Reading »

This is causing quite a stir online. Read Weigel’s essay here . Criticisms are offered here , here , here , and here . If you are interested in even more commentaries on the encyclical by others, Christopher Blosser is maintaining the master list here at First Things . My own take on Caritas . . . . Continue Reading »

You can read it here . Participating in this roundtable are yours truly, J. Brian Benestad, Father Joseph Fessio, S.J., Richard Garnett, Thomas S. Hibbs, Paul Kengor, George Neumayr, Tracey Rowland, Father James V. Schall, and Rev. Robert A. Sirico. . . . . Continue Reading »

Pope Benedict XVI’s eagerly awaited Encyclical, Caritas in Veritate may be found at the Vatican’s website here . . . . . Continue Reading »