G.K. Chesterton observes that every age is saved by a saint most contrary to the spirit of the age.

And the proud men in the valley of Shinar said, "Go to, let us build a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the earth." (Gen. 11:4)

Mother Teresa was once asked how she could go on, day after day, year after year, caring for the sick and dying and poor and offering them so much comfort.

During Richard Nixons 1971 visit to China, Chinese premier Zhou Enlai was asked what he thought about the French Revolution (1789). He reportedly said: "It is too soon to say."

In an earlier column, I touched on the Lord's pronouncement of punishment for the sin of Adam and Eve.

The case for Catholicism has never been stronger.  Most just do not know what it is.  Culture encourages us not to find out.

Thomas Merton (1915-1968), a Trappist monk, was one of the most well-known Catholic writers of the 20th century.

A student told me that her father just read a list of the ten "intellectual" universities in the country. "Why was no Catholic school listed among them?"

Evidently, love must begin with looking for the good news in the other.

In an age that seems to believe that Christianity is an obstacle to liberty it will prove provocative to insist, contrary to such belief, that Christian faith is essential to liberty's very existence.