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Home: Core Subjects: Politics and Government: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Politics and Government: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Discipleship and Democracy - Archbishop Charles ChaputIf I had a single, basic observation about the way we've lived as American Catholics for the last 40 years, it's this: We've been too polite and too timid. Read more... Doctrinal Note on some questions regarding the participation of Catholics in political life - The Congregation for the Doctrine of the FaithThe present Doctrinal Note is directed to the Bishops of the Catholic Church and, in a particular way, to Catholic politicians and all lay members of the faithful called to participate in the political life of democratic societies. Read more... Does Islam need the Pope? - Fr. Raymond J. de SouzaThe question — Does Islam need the Pope? — presumes a prior premise, which is that Islam faces a challenge in which the Pope is well-suited to provide assistance. Read more... Europe vs. Human Rights - Nina SheaAmericans were shocked when our European allies took the lead in ousting us from the United Nations Human Rights Commission. Having served as a member of the U.S. delegation at the recently concluded annual session of the commission, I was less surprised. Contrary to reports in the media, the ouster was not a reaction to American “unilateralism” on issues such as missile defense and global warming. Rather, the Europeans’ action reflects the abandonment of their historical commitment to human rights. Read more... Europe's Problem — and Ours - George WeigelThese difficult first years of the twenty-first century have taught us the importance of reading world politics in new ways. Europe’s crisis of civilizational morale teaches us that, while there are many lenses through which history can be read, theological lenses help us to see deeper, farther, and more truly. Read more... Europe, Christianity, and the Thought of Christopher Dawson - Gerald RusselloA European Constitution that lacks any reference to the continent's Christian roots would be a sign of a dangerous historical blindness, warns a devotee of Catholic historian Christopher Dawson. Read more... Exiles on the Way Home - George WeigelHe was an amazingly prolific writer, but the late Father Richard John Neuhaus was also finicky about writing. Read more... Faith and Patriotism - Archbishop Charles ChaputThe theologian Karl Barth once said, "To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world." Read more... Faith Talk - J. BOTTUM & WILLIAM KRISTOLIn the long decades spent chasing religion from America’s public life, a kind of amnesia settled in, and we forgot what public religion actually is. Read more... Francisco Suarez (1548-1617) - Acton Institute"...if a legitimate prince governs tyrannically and no other means of self-defence can be found than the expulsion and deposition of the king, then the people, acting as a whole...may depose him." Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 19-Nov-2009 - 16:58:19
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