In the new version of the film, Mowgli makes a modern mistake: he fails to realize that being human requires participation in a human community.

The linear theory of secularization always was an over-simplification.

Prudence, writes Josef Pieper is the root of all the natural virtues, and there is an obvious reason why.  It is the virtue of seeing reality as it is.

The exclusion of Christ from the history of man is an act against man.

No. We are made to find meaning in our behaviour.  

One of the lessons I learned from my dad was, whenever you come into a room full of people, greet everyone, and be sure to introduce yourself to those you don't know so that they feel at home.

The teachings of Karol Wojtyla help us to recover the forgotten truth about what it means to be human.

The appearance of an art house film on the philosopher Hannah Arendt has sparked renewed interest in an old controversy.

Has there ever been a moment in American life when the humanities were cherished less, and has there ever been a moment in American life when the humanities were needed more?

Renaissance sculptures and saints' relics are not as sexy as cadavers playing hoops, but gazing at the Pieta surely is a more ennobling experience than ogling corpses at the mall.