Remembering Fr. Richard John Neuhaus
by R. R. RenoIn this special episode in honor of our first annual Founder’s Day, editor R. R. Reno and Davida Goldman discuss Fr. Richard John Neuhaus’s life and legacy. Continue Reading »
In Our Chaotic Age, Some Atheists Are Rethinking Secularism
by Carl R. TruemanWhat is emerging among some erstwhile left-wing intellectuals today is the realization that atheism, while an interesting theoretical position, offers nothing to address the deeper questions of life. Continue Reading »
Looking for the Lord Jesus in Lisbon
by George WeigelWhat bishop Aguiar did not explain was why fulfilling the Great Commission through evangelization and catechesis—hitherto understood to be essential components of any World Youth Day—was “proselytism.” Continue Reading »
The Pagan Asceticism of Andrew Tate
by Jonathan CulbreathThere is little space in the Christian ethic for the brutish “strength” of a Tate-esque masculinity. On the contrary, Christianity requires precisely weakness. Continue Reading »
Understanding Gerard Manley Hopkins
by Mark BauerleinHolly Ordway joins the podcast to discuss As Kingfishers Catch Fire, her newly edited collection of Gerard Manley Hopkins's poems. Continue Reading »
Catholic Education Is Taking Off
by Mark BauerleinThe power of parents, as expressed in their choice of schools, confirms the value of Catholic liberal arts and sciences perhaps more effectively than any other factor when it comes to the public sphere and education debates. Continue Reading »
The Consuming Fire of Love
by Peter J. LeithartGod isn’t terrifying because he’s unloving. He’s terrifying because Love is terrifying—undiluted love, love that refuses compromise with evil. Continue Reading »
The End of Liberalism and the Lost Man
by Mark BauerleinChilton Williamson joins the podcast to discuss his book The End of Liberalism. Continue Reading »
Thinking Doesn’t Stop at the Church Door
by John WilsonI don't think Baggini has earned the right to patronize religious believers, but it's particularly striking that he does so after telling readers to question their own questions, advice he fails to heed himself. Continue Reading »
Forgetting the Art of Memory
by Esmé PartridgeThat AI undermines the importance of our basic faculty of memory ought to concern us. It will only increase the ignorance of our fallen state. Continue Reading »
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