Father Phillip De Vous is the pastor of St. Joseph Parish, Crescent Springs, KY. He is a weekly commentator on matters of church affairs, public policy on the Sonrise in the Morning Radio show, carried globally on the EWTN Radio Network. He served as the public policy manager of the Acton Institute from 2001-2003.
Recent Articles by Phillip W. De Vous
Leviathan, civil society and national morality
Political campaigns in every era have included talk of morality and moral principles in general.
The new urbanism: Can it survive the company it keeps?
Anyone who has visited even a few of our nation’s medium-sized or larger metropolitan areas no doubt sense a problem.
The codification of common sense
Regardless of what one may think about the specific forms that the Bush administration’s faith-based initiative has taken, it has been consistent in its affirmation of important first pri
What gives? The possibilities of private charity
With red ink predicted as far as the eye can see due to soaring state and federal budget deficits and with overall economic recovery still a hope to be realized, there is one area of the
In defense of the minimal
Periodically, it is good to revisit the foundational principles that make up our worldview, to take a look at what enthralls us.