Advent Reading

The glorious season of Advent is almost upon us and not a…

About the Author: Elizabeth Scalia

Elizabeth Scalia is a Benedictine Oblate and author of several books including the award-winning Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life (Ave Maria Press) and Little Sins Mean a Lot (OSV). She blogs as “The Anchoress” at www.theanchoress.com. She is married, and living on Long Island. This article is first appeared on www.wordonfire.com and is reprinted with kind permission.

Between Secularism and Fundamentalism

Five years after the slaughter of the “Bataclan” in 2015, France has…

About the Author: Guillaume de Thieulloy

Guillaume de Thieulloy has a PhD in political science. Author of several books about the relationship between spiritual and temporal powers, he works as a staffer in the French Senate and runs a group of medias. Public Discourse © 2020 / All Rights Reserved

Letter from Belfast

“Peace at last for Ulster” The London Independent proclaimed in its banner…

About the Author: Joseph Flanagan

Joseph Flanagan is former Deputy Principal of Rockbrook Park School in Dublin and now Director of Dunraven, a new centre of Opus Dei in Belfast.

Exploring freedom in times of Covid-19 quarantine

The Spanish philosopher Leonardo Polo (1926-2013) is not well known in the English-speaking world,…

About the Author: Daniel Bernardus

Daniel Bernardus writes from the Netherlands. He teaches Biology at Amsterdam University College and is the director of Leidenhoven College, a collegiate hall of residence. He blogs at danielbernardus.com. For a free mini-course on how these ideas can help us re-think our success, visit www.danielbernardus.com.

Mrs America

The Mrs America historical drama series – broadcast on RTÉ throughout the…

About the Author: James Bradshaw

James Bradshaw works for an international consulting firm based in Dublin, and has a background in journalism and public policy. Outside of work, he writes for a number of publications, on topics including politics, history, culture, film and literature.

An Overview of Fratelli Tutti

On the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the Holy Father, Pope…

About the Author: Brendan Gottschall, SJ

Brendan Gottschall, SJ is a scholastic of the East Coast province of the Society of Jesus. He currently resides in Baltimore, MD, and teaches classics, theology, and economics at Loyola Blakefield. His passions include Irish culture, orthodoxy, and explaining how South Jersey is distinct from North Jersey. This article first appeared in The Jesuit Post (see thejesuitpost.org) and is reprinted here with the kind permission of the editor.

The ashes of our fathers

Identity politics is as much about the collapse of old identities as…

About the Author: Margaret Hickey

Margaret Hickey has written articles on social, cultural and faith issues for The Irish Examiner, Human Life Review (US), The Irish Times, The Furrow and The Irish Catholic. She is a mother of three and lives with her husband in Blarney.