While experience cautions theologians against the quicksand of politics, politicians not infrequently rush in to theological matters where angels fear to tread.

Four Lessons from the 20th century.

What makes the West exceptional?

The nineteenth-century churchman John Henry Newman has shaped many of my views and how to apply them.

The foundational documents of our nation were influenced by Catholic political philosophers…

How did our bishops lose the confidence of the faithful, and how can the profound damage to the Church be repaired. 

"Temporal power needs a counterbalance," claims Rémi Brague.

The defense of the indefensible often leads to a kind of derangement in otherwise rational people.

The two men shook hands, then chose their pistols from a case.

The Holy See is doing little to challenge authoritarian regimes.