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In the Land of St. Agatha
My ITA Airways flight landed near Palermo on a Sunday morning. After leaving my baggage and ten…
Pierre Manent and the Threat of Humanitarianism
Pierre Manent is widely recognized as one of the most insightful political philosophers writing today. In an…
This Catholic Moment
In this episode, Matthew Schmitz joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his…
The Return of Strong Christian Men
Feminism forces us to confront the nature of nature. Susan Moller Okin famously warned against respecting natural…
Worth Beyond Our Works
In the future, everyone will know the grief of Garry Kasparov. The Russian grandmaster was bested by…
Beware the Benedict Bot
The words of a dead man / Are modified in the guts of the living.” Neither W.…
The Calculated Spectacle Behind Magnifica Humanitas
The first encyclical letter of Pope Leo XIV has been engaged widely on its substance, but its…
Will the Dallas Charter Update Finally Give Priests Due Process?
At their Florida meeting on June 10–12, the American Catholic bishops will vote on proposed revisions to…
The Church of Ratzinger
In this episode, Sam Zeno Conedera joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about…
Pelvic Theology, Pelvic Justice
In a recent New York Times guest essay, Catholic writer David Gibson praised Pope Leo for moving…
John Paul II and America
When he was elected bishop of Rome on October 16, 1978, Cardinal Karol Wojtyła had a rather…
The Throwaway Culture Advances
Life is no less beautiful when it is accompanied by illness or weakness, hunger or poverty, physical…
In Magnifica Humanitas, Leo Defends the Human Person
“What is man that thou art mindful of him?”—Psalm 8:4 Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas,…
The Peace We Can Make
Repetition, it’s said, can be the mother of learning. So, in light of recent Catholic debates about…
Magnifica Humanitas Refounds Catholic Social Teaching
The measure of Magnifica Humanitas cannot be taken today, so soon after its release. We won’t know…
