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Is Islam a Religion of Peace?

Is Islam a religion of peace? Is it compatible with Western liberalism?…

About the Author: Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Senior Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at The Harvard Kennedy School, a Fellow at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Ayaan was named one of TIME Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” of 2005, one of the Glamour Heroes of 2005 and Reader’s Digest’s European of the Year for 2005. She is the best selling author of Infidel and Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now.

Euthanizing Children

The death of a terminally ill seventeen-year-old boy made headlines recently, as…

About the Author: Wesley J. Smith

Wesley J. Smith is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism and a consultant to the Patients Rights Council. His new book Culture of Death: The Age of “Do Harm” Medicine was just published by Encounter Books.

The triumph of the will over the intellect

There was a time when debates consisted in measured arguments, logical in…

About the Author: Father George W. Rutler

Father George W. Rutler is the pastor of St. Michael’s church in New York City. He has written many books, including: Hints of Heaven: The Parables of Christ and What They Mean for You, Principalities and Powers: Spiritual Combat 1942-1943, Cloud of Witnesses – Dead People I Knew When They Were Alive.

Can the Pope change Catholic teaching on contraception? He won’t. Because he can’t. And hasn’t.

The Catholic Church is a global family, but that hardly spares it…

About the Author: Sherif Girgis

Sherif Girgis is a Yale Law School graduate and a PhD candidate in philosophy at Princeton. This article was originally published on The Public Discourse.

Benedict the Brave:  The Regensburg Address Ten Years Later

Ten years ago Pope Benedict XVI took to the dais of the…

About the Author: James Day

James Day has written for Catholic Exchange, Catholic World Report, Crisis, and Orange County Catholic. He is the author of Father Benedict: The Spiritual and Intellectual Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI (November 2016, Sophia Institute Press).

Christianity without nostalgia

My baptismal certificate gives the time and place – as an infant,…

About the Author: Thomas Pink

Thomas Pink is Professor of Philosophy at King’s College, London.

The waning of democracy in Ireland

Several months ago the Irish Times published an interview by Joseph Humphries…

About the Author: Fr Kevin O’Reilly OP

Fr Kevin O’Reilly OP, formerly taught at the Milltown Institute, Dublin, and holds doctorates in both philosophy and theology. In the forthcoming academic year he will teach moral theology at the Angelicum University, Rome.

Apologist, Catechists, Theologians: Wake up!

After perusing the latest Pew Study on why young people are leaving…

About the Author: Bishop Robert Barron

Bishop Robert Barron is an author, speaker, theologian, and founder of Word on Fire, a global media ministry.

Letter to Editor

Dear Editor. The article by Michael Kirke in the latest Position Papers…