Pope Leo’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, conspicuously fails to reference the theological anthropology articulated by Pope Paul VI’s Humanae Vitae, a lacuna which, purposefully or not, surrenders too much to the present zeitgeist

The United States has long been able to absorb a wide variety of immigrants and subcultures, but only on the condition that there is a normative Christian culture to hold the plurality together. But today, there is less of a normative default culture than ever.

Machiavelli was correct that all republics must be renewed by returning to their founding principles. This is true of today’s America, which can be renewed only by returning to our foundational creed and covenant.

That human beings possess intrinsic dignity as made in the image of God does not mean developed countries are obligated to accept unlimited numbers of migrants fleeing poverty

Those of us with personal ties to the Middle East know firsthand that Iran’s apocalyptic, fanatical regime has spent decades sowing chaos across the region, with nuclear weapons serving only to make the situation potentially much worse