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Realities are greater than ideas

November 2, 2023 by James Kalb

So why do Synodality, Social Justice, and other utopian schemes fall on their faces? And how can we make our efforts more productive? I discuss at Catholic World Report.

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Pontiffs and pontificators

November 2, 2023February 5, 2017 by James Kalb

Maureen Mullarkey’s characteristically vivid comments on Pope Francis and the environment have drawn much attention from participants in the Internet Francis Wars. One big reason is that her comments sometimes go beyond the vivid to the caustic (“press toads,” “ideologue,” … Read more

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Another explanation of the Vatican II debacle

March 24, 2015 by James Kalb

A correspondent forwards the following:

Another problem for which Vatican II was responsible is what one might call the gentrification of Catholic culture. The fact that Europe’s working classes had largely abandoned Catholicism by the late 1950s enabled Vatican II

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How religious is natural law?

November 1, 2023May 8, 2014 by James Kalb

In the Crisis piece mentioned in the previous entry, I suggested the relationship between the two was ambiguous. A blogger who wants to maintain a strong distinction between natural law and religion called me on it, so I … Read more

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Rebuilding Christendom

November 1, 2023March 11, 2014 by James Kalb

I make the pitch for mild Catholic separatism in my current column at Catholic World Report.

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The Return of Christendom

November 1, 2023November 4, 2013 by James Kalb

That’s the title of my latest column at Catholic World Report. It tells us that Christendom is always with us.

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Where is all this leading?

November 1, 2023August 10, 2013 by James Kalb

My latest at Catholic World Report suggests that secular liberalism won’t have the staying power effectually to suppress Catholicism.

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The Church as Archimedes’ fulcrum

November 1, 2023June 11, 2013 by James Kalb

Here’s another piece at Crisis, this one about the necessity of the Church as an independent institution in an age of Gleichschaltung.

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Smartening up

November 1, 2023May 10, 2013 by James Kalb

That’s the topic of my most recent piece at Crisis. It’s a followup to my recent piece on stupidity.

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What are Catholics to do? (part III)

November 1, 2023May 3, 2013 by James Kalb

There’s some more of my hand-wringing on the topic over at Catholic World Report.

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