Fr. Hamel was not killed because he was French, but because he was a Christian, and a priest. To find economic or political reasons for his assassination is rather difficult. Continue Reading »
An interview with Rémi Brague, by Samuel Pruvot of Famille Chrétienne. Translated from French by Francesca Aran Murphy. Continue Reading »
We are all disciples of Aristotle. Whether we realize it or not, whenever we are talking about the Good we are working with ideas that are Aristotelian in origin. We speak of good food and good company, good behavior and good outcomes. These modes of the Good share a basic assumption: The . . . . Continue Reading »
There is no such thing as a secular society. My claim is a brutal and paradoxical one: The question about the possibility of a secular society resolves itself, or rather it dissolves itself. To defend this claim I would like to submit two-and-a-half theses. First, a purely secular society simply . . . . Continue Reading »
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