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Reading “Caritas in Veritate”: Notes on Chapter Five
(Apologies for the absurdly sparse blogging of late – the beginning of …
Reading “Caritas in Veritate”: Notes on Chapter Four
This chapter begins with a discussion of the reciprocal relationships between rights …
The Israeli Settlement Policy is Demographic Suicide. Now Get Over It.
by JL Wall Normally David Goldman (“Spengler”) is astute, or at least …
Reading “Caritas in Veritate”: Notes on Chapter Three
The central themes of this chapter are the nature of gift and …
Ceding the High Ground on Health Care Reform
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has published some guidelines (pdf) …
Reading “Caritas in Veritate”: Notes on Chapter Two
I suppose it’s around this point that George Weigel started going wild …
Is Environmentalism Anti-Christian?
Jody Bottum thinks environmentalism is a Christianity without Christ: An original innocence …
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You’re Fired. Again.
Having had a good friend whose father was briefly a professor at …
Reading “Caritas in Veritate”: Notes on Chapter One
(The text of the encyclical is here, and here are my initial …
How Not to Criticize an Encyclical
Via Henry Karlson, I see that one Daniel Indiviglio, of The Atlantic’s …
Cafeteria Catholics, ctd.
Ross’s latest column discusses the ways in which Catholic social teaching challenges …
Reading “Caritas in Veritate”: Notes on the Introduction
What does it mean for love to be in truth? And why …
Up for a “Caritas in Veritate” Reading Group?
So … anyone out there interested in reading the new encyclical together, …
Cafeteria Catholics
Joe Carter asks how Catholics determine whether and to what extent they’re …
From the Department of Sentences I Don’t Understand
Can anyone tell me what Michael Novak means by this? The Catholic …
Shorter George Weigel
The only parts of the Pope’s new encyclical that really matter are …
Father’s Day Reading
Kyle Cupp reflects on his daughter’s in utero diagnosis with anencephaly: Prior …
