Last July, Pope Francis issued a letter to the faithful “On the…
About the Author: David Gibney
David Gibney is a school teacher in Dublin. He holds a Ph.D. in English literature.
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The Catholic Difference: Retrospect on a Pontificate
During the March 2013 interregnum following the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI,…
About the Author: George Weigel
George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow and William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
The Restless hearts of Mumford and Sons
“Serve God, love me and mend,” sang Marcus Mumford as the first…
About the Author: Eric Cyr
Eric Cyr is a musician, writer and teacher from Duluth, Minnesota. He has released two albums with his band Cyr and the Cosmonauts, and his essays and fiction have appeared in journals including Dappled things, The Windhover, Great Lakes review and St Austin review, where he won the St Austin Review Prize for Fiction. This review first appeared on the Word on Fire website
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Jubilee 2025: New Year’s resolutions and resources
Photo: Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica (Position Papers has licensed this…
About the Author: George Weigel
George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow and William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. George Weigel’s column “The Catholic Difference” is syndicated by the Denver Catholic, the official publication of the Archdiocese of Denver.
Keeping (or Making) Catholic Education Great
According to the Vatican yearbook, the Annuario Pontificio, there are north of 5,000…
About the Author: George Weigel
George Weigel. Distinguished Senior Fellow and William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies. Ethics and Public Policy Center.
What Alone Teaches Us About Living in Accord with Nature
It is a peculiar feature of reality television that it is premised…
About the Author: Kody W. Cooper
Kody W. Cooper is UC Foundation Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He is the author of The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics: Political Theology, Natural Law, and the American Founding (Cambridge University Press, 2022) and Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law (University of Notre Dame Press, 2018). This article is reprinted from wordonfire.org.
The Keys to the Kingdom: A Gentle But Firm Correction to The Chosen
The Chosen has become a hit series. It “is the first multi-season…
About the Author: Richard G. DeClue
Richard G. DeClue, Jr., S.Th.D. is the Professor of Theology at the Word on Fire Institute. This article first appeared on
www.wordonfire.org.
Church and community in a post-Christian world (Part Two)
While doctrinaire socialism as a governing philosophy is at a low ebb…
About the Author: James Bradshaw
James Bradshaw writes on topics including history, culture, film and literature. This is the second of a two-part article, based on a lecture delivered at the conference on the “Human Person” which took place in St Mary’s Church in Cork city on 27 January 2024. The day-long conference was organised by the Dominican Order in honour of St Thomas Aquinas.
Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson on the Bible
In a recent viral video released on Christmas Day 2023, Jordan Peterson and…
About the Author: Christopher Kaczor
Dr Christopher Kaczor is the Honorary Professor for the Renewal of Catholic Intellectual Life at the Word on Fire Institute. He is also Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University. He is the author of sixteen books, including Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity: The Search for a Meaningful Life. This article is reprinted from the website www.wordonfire.org