Ethics
Stability, Conversion, and Obedience
This talk features Christopher Fisher (Portsmouth Abbey) on “A True ’Benedict Option’: The 10th Century English Benedictine Reform and the Poetic Kingdom of Edgar the...
watch videoOld Forgotten Words and Ancient Melodies
This talk features Carole Baker (Duke Divinity School) on “The Icon as Exemplary Image: Reflections on Iconology and the Visual Arts”, Jay Martin (University of Notre Dame) on...
watch videoLiberalism and the Invisible Hand
Presented by Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School) at the Center for Ethics and Culture’s 2018 Fall Conference, “Higher Powers.” The Conference explored the perennial problem...
watch videoFr. John Wauck: Mightier than the Sword: St Thomas More and Alexander Solzhenitsyn
This lecture features Fr. John Wauck, a professor at the Pontifical University of Santa Croce in Rome. Keynote address at the Center for Ethics and Culture’s 2018 Fall...
watch videoA House Divided – Polarization in Our Common Life
“Overcoming Polarization through Catholic Social Teaching” by John Carr (Georgetown University) and “Church and State in a Time of Polarization” by Mark Movsesian (St....
watch videoShield or Spear? The Power of Speech
Marc DeGirolami (St. John’s University) on “Higher Purposes of Free Speech”, and Michael Moreland (Villanova University) on “The State and Freedom of Speech.” Session...
watch videoThe Power of Images: Art in the Public Square
This video discusses “The Art of Good Government: Ambrogio Lorenzetti in the Palazzo Pubblico of Siena” by Elizabeth Lev, and “Mistuned Chords of Memory: Display and...
watch videoMind, Body, Spirit, and State
This session features Lauris Kaldjian, M.D. (University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine) on “Conscientious Practice, Religious Freedom, and the Sovereignty of God” and...
watch videoArt and Truth in a Fearsome Century
Ignat Solzhenitsyn, son of Nobel Laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, discusses his father’s life, work, and legacy with professor Daniel J. Mahoney (Assumption College). This...
watch videoEthical Technology with Dr. Luis Vera
Leonard DeLorenzo for Church Life Today welcomes Dr. Luis Vera to talk about technology. How do we prepare ourselves, as Catholics, to engage with technology as it develops? Dr....
Listen to PodcastLiving “In-Between” with Medi Volpe
Leonard DeLorenzo for Church Life Today welcomes Medi Volpe to talk about how one can creatively and faithfully abide “in-between”, and avoid the trap of having to fit either...
Listen to PodcastTheologian and Author Gilbert Meilaender on Adoption
Gilbert Meilaender is the author of Not By Nature But By Grace: Forming Families Through Adoption, the inaugural volume in the de Nicola’s Catholic Ideas for a Secular World...
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