Morality
Scorsese, Marvel, and “Lawrence of Arabia”
by Andrew Petiprin . November 26, 2019 .
On Duty
by Dr. Tod Worner . November 25, 2019 .
Bishop Barron on George Will’s “The Conservative Sensibility”
by Bishop Robert Barron . August 22, 2019 .
George Will gets some important things right in his new book, but he gets some even more basic things quite wrong.
Bishop Barron on “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
by Bishop Robert Barron . August 8, 2019 .
I’m a big fan of Quentin Tarantino’s movies. At the heart of a lot of them is a moral vision; the characters are compelled, under extreme duress, to make a moral choice. His latest film, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” struck me the same way. It’s a rather extraordinary…
One Cheer for George Will’s “The Conservative Sensibility”
by Bishop Robert Barron . August 6, 2019 .
I have been following George Will’s thought for a long time. I’m old enough to remember when his column occupied the last page of Newsweek magazine every other week and when he sat in the chair of conservative thought on David Brinkley’s Sunday morning political talk show. I have long…
Un solo hurra por “The Conservative Sensibility”
by Bishop Robert Barron . August 6, 2019 .
Llevo un largo tiempo siguiendo el pensamiento de George Will. Soy lo suficientemente mayor para recordar cuando su columna ocupaba la última página del Newsweek cada dos semanas y cuando ocupaba la silla del pensamiento conservador en el show político de David Brinkley los domingos por la mañana. Llevo un buen…
Hearing the Voice of God
by Bishop Robert Barron . July 14, 2019 .
During the twentieth century, moral relativism was in vogue in elite cultural circles, but now it is the dominant moral outlook of the broader culture. Against this, C.S. Lewis argued for “the universality and inescapability of the moral law.” Although there are subtle moral differences between cultures, if we look close enough, we can discern fundamental moral agreements. The Catholic tradition says that this moral bedrock is a reflection of the Eternal Law in the mind of God. It is the voice of God within us. Listen to that voice.
A Discerning Eye
by Dominicans of the Province of St. Joseph . May 21, 2019 .
How Lent Reminds Us We Can Never Repay God
by Dominicans of the Province of St. Joseph . March 14, 2018 .
The Ten Commandments and “God as a Gentleman”
by Leah Libresco . March 29, 2019 .