In Mary and the Modern University , today’s first “On the Square” article, R. R. Reno reflects on the question of what Christianity in general and Catholicism in particular bring to the modern university, the typical secular answer being: nothing but obscurantism and blind faith. He finds Christianity’s main contribution, its crucial and necessary contribution, is its Marian life.
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