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For Catholic medical professionals, the annual conference of the Catholic Medical Association provides much needed educational and spiritual sustenance. This year’s event, which was recently held in Orlando, was no exception. On my drive home, I reflected on the blessing of this much-anticipated autumnal event, which offers Catholic medical professionals an energizing blend of medical…
Years ago I was involved in a Protestant apologetics online forum. Unlike many online forums, this one included many very bright and respectful people who expertly debated theology without rancor. Just about every viewpoint was represented: Calvinist, evangelical, liberal, conservative, even Mormon and Unitarian. I, however, was the only Catholic participant. One of the great…
Above: Cicero Denounces Catiline, fresco by Cesare Maccari, 1882–1888 Philosophy, ideally, brings our rational inquiry to a proper level of cultivation that allows us to accept the revelation in the Gospels. Praeparatio evangelica is a doctrine of the early Church, which maintains that God, prior to the fullness of revelation in His Son, already cultivated…
Our current age is described by some as a time of “higher consciousness.” This is a dubious descriptor when you consider how narrow-minded, intolerant, and incurious are the thought leaders of our day. While there are undeniably drawbacks to the way our culture views man, the moral law, and the existence of reality, Catholics can…
It is a decidedly Catholic quality to take oneself lightly and bring levity to the heaviest situations. In the heat of American politics, therefore, it is fitting that a Catholic event be the occasion for some lightheartedness. But Catholic animus on the Left is keeping its members from falling from the coconut tree to have…
Above: Sistine Madonna by Raphael (1483-1502). In modern society, it’s a common occurrence to see women fight to be equal with men. There is a sense in which equality is valid, since it is true that men and women are equal in dignity before God. But why are modern women adamant about being seen as…
“The one thing that is never taught by any chance in the atmosphere of public schools is this: that there is a whole truth of things, and that in knowing it and speaking it we are happy.” —G.K. Chesterton A Hillsdale College history professor recently posted a challenge on social media: “Why do people take…
First Things editor Mark Bauerlein spoke September 12 at Belmont House, in Washington, D.C., about his latest book, The Dumbest Generation Grows Up, the sequel to his 2008 Dumbest Generation. Both books are about the consequences of letting a generation come of age on screens. The earlier book warned against potential effects; the latest examines…
Above: Barcelona. Miguel Quesada Vázquez holds a degree in History and is a member of the Board of the Círculo Hispalense (Seville, Spain) of the Traditionalist Communion. In addition to his local activism, he is a regular contributor to the Catholic-monarchist newspaper La Esperanza. He is the author of the books: España Viva. Ideas para…
Years ago, on a flight to Chicago to visit an old friend, I found myself seated next to a young woman wearing a t-shirt identifying herself as a proud member of the pro-choice generation. “How lucky for you,” I wanted to tell her, “your mother wasn’t a member.” But I said nothing, a moment of…
