Day: April 20, 2023

What Is Social Justice? A Review

Given how the idea of “social justice” has been hijacked by activists clamoring to overturn societal norms, it will come as a surprise to learn that a beatified Catholic has written a thoroughly scriptural account of that term. After reading Blessed Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski’s Love & Social Justice: Reflections on Society, it will be impossible […]

The Catholic League at 50

Father Virgil Blum was fed up. He’d had his fill of anti-Catholicism and the frequently feeble Catholic response. So Father Blum, a feisty Jesuit professor of political science at Marquette University, decided to do something concrete about it by founding a Catholic an anti-defamation organization to protect the good name and interests of the Church. […]

Third Sunday of Easter: The Road to Emmaus

A Scripture lesson by a mysterious Stranger on a dusty road prepares two disciples to recognize the Risen Jesus in the breaking of bread; what did they learn? Gospel (Read Lk 24:13-35) Isn’t it interesting that when Jesus appeared to two “downcast” (Lk 24:17) disciples on Resurrection Day, He didn’t do the very thing that […]

Pope Francis II

TRANSCRIPT   They often say in politics that a president’s legacy is whatever legislation he signs into law or the justices he gets on the U.S. Supreme Court. Long after he’s left office, the stamp he may have placed on the high court will long survive him. If you scoot across the Atlantic and land in Rome, […]