Catholic Commentary: Fr. James Schall
On Answering Questions
Truth asks questions but, more importantly, gives answers.
The Absurdity of War
War is not simply "absurd." Not thinking about it surely is.
On Never Being Correct
It reminds us that we do not ourselves make all the rules of our living.
A Transcendent Nature
We are loved for our own sakes, however we respond.
Moral Reasoning
Every man has a conscience, even drifting on the Mississippi.
The Actual Constitution
The Constitution "evidently binds nobody. Actually, nothing binds anyone."
Graduation 2009
Every 20 year old needs to be aware of and excited by what is...
What Is a Leader?
The most difficult of all the human occupations of this world.
The Last Christian
Redemption is an invitation, not something forced on us.
The Lord of the World
"Wonderfully conveys the flatness and boredom of a world without God."
The 'Right' to Happiness
"No one has a right to happiness."
Second Readings
Leave us with such ultimate things on our mind, when we least expect them.
The Christmas Fire
We are beings who want to know the whole story.
On Words and Symbols
Why the Church talks of being, natural law, and doctrine.
Liberating Theology from Politics
The duty of the Christian...is to leave this world a better man."
Justice and Eternal Life
On justice in Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical Spe Salvi.
The Young Tyrant
"We know that the requests of tyrants are mingled with compulsion."
Peace Research
It remains the principal problem of our time.
The Pleasure of Learning
Knowing, being sensible is its own pleasure.
Orthodoxy
The single-best book published in the last hundred years.
The Lord Alone
The proper worship of God is both our end and our final joy.
In the Company of Good Men
To know and practice many of the highest virtues we need others...
Schall at Eighty
Both the peril and the excitement are there, for we are free.
The Nativity
"We bring you tidings of great joy."
'To Save the People from Their Sins'
We are invited to understand and choose.
Bridge Walkers
We walk because it is itself an exhilarating experience.
Religious Freedom
We are free in order to accomplish what we are.
The Last 'Nonsense' In Print
"In spite of it all, this 'nonsense' still makes sense, even in print."
Responsibility for Our Souls
We are not the objects of our own hope, but we are its subjects.
On the 'Right' to Be Created
The fun only begins when we live in bounty, not rights.
On Murder and War
"If Murder Is a Crime, What Is War?"
Mathematics
This issue touches the very credibility of faith and its relation to reason.
