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Jul 1, 20213 min read
Virtue is Necessary for Democracy
In 1958, Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro was asked, “What is your political philosophy? Are you a Communist, or a Marxist?” To which...
Jun 1, 20214 min read
Dogma Matters
The founder of this station, Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J., was the editor of The Homiletic and Pastoral Review for almost forty years. Over...
May 1, 20213 min read
Catholic School Closings: Causes & Culture
In 1964, at Annunciation grade school in south Minneapolis, there were over 120 students in the eighth grade, divided into three classes....
Apr 1, 20213 min read
Deficits and Contraception: Pleasures Without Responsibility
In 2011, English historian Paul Johnson penned an article titled “Debt: A Moral Issue.” In this article, he wrote: “There is nothing...
Mar 1, 20214 min read
Contraception
In 2017, an article by Fr. James V. Schall appeared in Crisis Magazine titled “Why No Civility is Possible Today.” In this article, he...
Feb 1, 20213 min read
Preparing for eternity
The Baltimore Catechism tells us that “God made us to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him...
Jan 1, 20213 min read
"A curious avoidance"
When does human life begin? In 1933, Dr. Alan Guttmacher, an obstetrician/gynecologist, who would in 1962 become president of Planned...
Dec 1, 20203 min read
Advent: Preparing Yourself for Christmas
Advent, the beginning of a new liturgical year, begins this year on Sunday, November 29. On that day, the gospel readings concern death...
Nov 1, 20204 min read
Thanks be to God
Below is an editorial by Father Kenneth Baker, S.J. that first appeared in the November, 2011 issue of The Homiletic and Pastoral Review....
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