Mark Misulia

In a time when Christianity is often taken for a collection of repressive rules and archaic strictures, Dan Farelley’s new translation of Josef Pieper’s The Christian Idea of Man is refreshing and timely. Pieper’s essay reads as a meditation or homily on Meister Eckhart’s . . . . Continue Reading »

Speaking of ugly. The sculptor of the controversial statue of  John Paul II  at Rome’s main train station, criticized across the political spectrum, on social networks, and even by commuters, has agreed to make small alterations to the  odd depiction . Though the statue . . . . Continue Reading »

In a time when ethics and political philosophers are engaging some of the most difficult and consequential moral questions in recent times (gay marriage, abortion, and eugenics to name a few),  Thomas J. Brommage , a professor of philosophy at University of West Georgia, invites us to take . . . . Continue Reading »

Why so few seminarians? While Vatican II is a popular target, we perhaps should hesitate before assigning blame, a practice that rarely leads to truth. Historically, vocations have ebbed and flowed within a given century, and to look at the period of increase from 1945-1960 is misleading, without a . . . . Continue Reading »

Stephan Prothero writes a  piece  for CNN, asking whether or not Catholics can “abide a saint who had an abortion”? Speaking here of Servant of God Dorothy Day, who had an abortion as a young woman but went on to become one of the most prominent converted Catholics of the 20 th . . . . Continue Reading »

The  New York Times  reports one mother’s attempt to justify eliminating one fetus when IVF produced twins: Jenny’s decision to reduce twins to a single fetus was never really in doubt. The idea of managing two infants at this point in her life terrified her. She and her husband . . . . Continue Reading »

An innovative preschool in Stockholm’s Sodermalm district does not enroll boys or girls, reports the Associated Press , but “friends.” Fighting the good fight for gender equality in the nation that is perhaps its most radical proponent, the tax-funded preschool “Egalia” . . . . Continue Reading »