In the 250 years since the founding, only eight people have been granted honorary citizenship in the American Republic. Some, such as the Marquis de Lafayette and Casimir Pulaski, played
The year 2026 is one of important anniversaries in the history of ordered liberty. Americans, and the world, are observing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. This year
As America observes the 250th anniversary of its independence, the nation is simultaneously entering a post-Christian era. Although American church attendance rates remain high compared to
Michael Pakaluk is Ordinary Professor of Political Economy, Busch School of Business, The Catholic University of America; Ordinarius, Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas; and
On December 18, 2025, Pope Leo XIV signed the authorization for the beatification cause of the notable Argentine businessman Enrique Shaw (1921–1962). In the event Shaw continues his path to
“I have been on paid staff at three Baptist churches,” writes Ryan P. Burge in his latest book, The Vanishing Church: How the Hollowing Out of Moderate Congregations Is Hurting Democracy
By taking the name Leo, the first American pope, Robert Prevost, put the social doctrine of the Church front and center. With his encyclical Rerum Novarum (May 15, 1891), Pope Leo XIII drew
It was admittedly a surprising circumstance for a debate on natural rights. On September 4 of last year, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) was speaking during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee
The term “political theology” took an unfortunate turn in the early part of the last century. Prior to then it had a rather august history. Saint Augustine’s City of God and Hobbes’s