Whose Vision of Social Justice? By Colleen Carroll Campbell Posted: Friday, March 19, 2010
Anyone who has cracked open a Bible knows that justice is indeed a recurring theme. Still, there's a reason that the term "social justice" provokes sighs and rolled eyes among many Christians today.
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The Relentless Grittiness of Lent By George Weigel Posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Lent is a privileged time for recovering the sight and the commitment that let us see and enter the passion play going on in our everyday surroundings.
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Would Jesus Defend Marriage? By Colleen Carroll Campbell Posted: Friday, March 12, 2010
It was a controversy tailor-made for the TV cameras: A lesbian couple in the liberal bastion of Boulder, Colorado, had enrolled their children in a Catholic parish school, only to see those children denied re-enrollment once the parish priest learned of their home situation.
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Ralph McInerny and the Tragedy of Notre Dame By George Weigel Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Ralph McInerny, who died on January 29, was arguably the most distinguished scholar ever to work at the University of Notre Dame and a man who understood the true greatness to which a Catholic university should aspire.
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In Defense of 'Speciesism' By Colleen Carroll Campbell Posted: Friday, March 5, 2010
It's easy to snicker at the sort of people who berated Barack Obama last year for smacking a fly. But there is surprisingly little distance between the animal-rights movement's violent radicals and those who serve as its more moderate public face.
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EPPC on Book TV
Weigel Featured on "In Depth"
On Sunday, June 1, EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel was featured on C-SPAN2/Book TV's program "In Depth."
EPPC's annual Tertio Millennio Seminar in Kraków, Poland is accepting applications for the upcoming session. To learn more, visit the seminar's homepage: TertioMillennioSeminar.org.
Faith & Culture
Pro-life Women in Politics
EPPC Fellow Colleen Carroll Campbell talks with Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, about the growing role of women politicians in advancing pro-life public policy. The television show, "Faith & Culture," airs Sunday, March 21, at 10:30 a.m. ET, and Wednesday, March 24, at 11 p.m. ET, on EWTN, the world's largest religious media network.
Relevant Catholic Commentary
The Catholic Difference
Read timely commentary written by Catholic Studies director, George Weigel published nationally in The Catholic Difference, a syndicated column.
In the March 2004 issue of First Things, Senior Fellow George Weigel participates in an exchange with Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, on just war theory and America's fight against terrorism.