For freedom Christ has set us free
Writing to the church at the ancient city of Galatia (in modern Turkey), St. Paul the Apostle declared, "For Freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of ...
Common sense slowly emerges for protecting women's athletics
On March 26, the International Olympic Committee made an announcement that is simultaneously surprising and banal. The IOC declared that only women are eligible to participate in women's events in ...
The myth of the naked public square
In 1984, the late Richard John Neuhaus published a highly regarded book called "The Naked Public Square." Six years later, Neuhaus founded the journal, First Things, which remains an important voice to ...
'There Are Two': Pope Gelasius and Jefferson's 'Wall of Separation'
In a Jan. 1, 1802, letter to the Danbury, Connecticut, Baptist Association, President Thomas Jefferson wrote one of the most famous sentences in American presidential history. After quoting the religion ...
75 years after George Orwell's '1984,' we are awash in Newspeak and Doublethink
The Book of Genesis explains that God created the universe by His word alone, speaking the world into existence. As we read throughout the first chapter of Genesis, "God said, 'Let there be ... '" ...
Why the Magnificat is the perfect prayer in Advent
Anyone who says evening prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours regularly recites the Magnificat from the first chapter of the Gospel of Luke. Named for its first word in Latin, this canticle is one of only ...
The Didache: An ancient catechism, a contemporary message
Only 150 years ago, in October 1873, Eastern Orthodox theologian (and later Metropolitan of Nicomedia) Philotheos Bryennios made a monumental discovery in the bowels of the library of the Great School ...
Why does Obi-Wan remind me of St. Joan of Arc?
In the epic lightsaber battle between Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi from Episode IV of "Star Wars," Obi-Wan utters one of the most famous lines from the entire franchise: "You can't win, Darth. If ...
