Before Rerum Novarum, There Was Arcanum
Pope Leo XIII wrote a little-known encyclical that foretold the societal destruction that would come in the wake of normalizing divorce.
Untethering Sacramental Marriage from Civil Marriage
Months ago, I watched as some Christians took to the internet opposing R. R. Reno’s position in “A Time to Rend,” in which he calls for a separation of sacramental marriage from civil marriage. Much of the criticism made accusations of disengagement with, and abandonment of, the culture. One Protestant even went so far as … Read more
Healthy Societies Need Successful Marriages
The great error of most economic thinking these days is not that it is too keenly focused on the economy, but that it has all but forgotten it. A good friend of mine, a wise theologian, has encouraged his students to distinguish between what Aristotle calls chrematistics, the craft of amassing wealth, which Aristotle viewed … Read more