“How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been: how gloriously different are the saints,” wrote C.S. Lewis. Catholic Political Realism is a realism about Catholicism’s inherent ...

From this vale of tears, one can never be sure about the boundaries of acceptable behaviour at the Throne of Grace. Is laughter at earthly foibles permitted? Encouraged? I like to think so. Which ...

Philadelphia, Pa. — Catholic schools must move forward with hope and realism, Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput said as his education commission announced school mergers and closings in a Jan. 6 ...

The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, published by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, is a remarkable summary of Catholic social teaching. Those who were disappointed with ...

Mark Carney’s recent Davos address can be read as a moment when geopolitical realism converges with the moral logic long articulated in Catholic social teaching. His claim that the post–Cold War ...

In the run-up to President Barack Obama’s much-anticipated July 10 meeting with Pope Benedict XVI, an influential cardinal and Vatican adviser has praised Obama’s “humble realism” and compared the ...

The Climate Talks outside Paris ended in what could be an historic achievement, an agreement backed by 196 countries to fundamentally change the way we human beings harness the energy we use. The ...