Randall B. Smith, Ph.D.
Professor of Theology
Department of Theology
University of St. Thomas, Houston
rsmith@stthom.edu
Scholarly Publications
Education
Teaching
Teaching Evaluations
Popular Publications (in English)
Translated:
French
Italian
Spanish
Portuguese
Slovak
Books:
Bonaventure's Journey of the Soul into God:
Background and Commentary (Cambridge
University Press; scheduled for release October
2024).
From
Here to Eternity: Reflections on Death,
Immortality, and the Resurrection of the Body
(Emmaus Press, 2022).
Endorsements
and Reviews of From Here to Eternity
Aquinas,
Bonaventure, and the Scholastic Culture of
Medieval Paris: Preaching, Prologues, and
Biblical Commentary (Cambridge
University Press, 2021).
Endorsements
and Reviews of Aquinas, Bonaventure, and the
Scholastic Culture of Paris
Why
Believe? Answers to Life’s Questions, vol. 2
(Denver, CO: Augustine Institute, 2018): I authored
8 of the 15 chapters in this book on moral
theology. See chapters 2 through 9, pp. 18
through 134.
Reading
the Sermons of Thomas Aquinas: A Beginner's
Guide (Emmaus Press, 2016), 376 pp.,
including analytical outlines of each of Thomas’s
extant sermons.
Endorsements
and Reviews of Reading the Sermons of
Thomas Aquinas
Întruchipări
ale înţelepciunii creştine, trans. Petru
Dimitriu (Galaxia Gutenberg, 2021): four articles
translated into Romanian.
In
Progress:
Moralia Thomistica: Recovering
Thomas Aquinas's Theology of Natural Right, Natural
Justice, and Natural Law
Christ and the Moral Life: An Introduction to Moral
Theology by Asking the Fundamental Questions (in
revision)
Articles in
Print:
"Bonaventure's
Reductio of the Nine Choirs of Angels:
How Bonaventure Compressed Two Monumental
Traditions into Nine Words and Nine Short
Phrases," Nova et Vetera, vol. 21, no. 2
(2023): 583-606/
"Bonaventure's
Inception Address as Regent Master at Paris:
Omnium Artifex," translation and
introduction; Franciscan Studies, vol. 80
(2022): 211-242.
''From
Here to Eternity: Reflections on Death
and the Afterlife in the Light of the
Resurrection of the Resurrection of Christ,"
forward in Hope and Death: Christian Responses
(Emmaus Press, 2022), ix-xx.
Invited
review of J. Budziszewski, Commentary on
Thomas Aquinas’s “Treatise on Divine Law,” in
New Blackfriars, vol. 103, no.
1107 (September 2022): 697-700.
Invited
review of Matthew Levering, The Abuse of
Conscience: A Century of Moral Theology, in Catholic
Social Science Review, vol. 27 (2022): 153-156.
"Natural
Right, Natural Justice, and Natural Law in
Aquinas," Fellowship of Catholic Scholars
Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 1 (Spring 2021):
63-104.
“Dividing
in Order to Unite: Thomas’s Resumptio
Address at Paris, Hic est Liber, and the
Thirteenth Century Divisiones Textus of the
Books of the Bible,” in Thomas
Aquinas, Biblical Theologian (Emmaus
Academic, 2021).
"Augustine
and the Trials of Fallen Friendship," Church
Life Journal, September 4, 2020.
"What
Augustine Did Not Find in the Books of the
Platonists," Logos 23:4 (Fall 2020):
70-102.
"Thomas
Aquinas and Irenaeus on the Divine and Natural Law,"
in Biblica et Patristrica Thoruniensia 13
(2020): 175-187.
"Initiating
Young Friars into a Culture of Preaching:
Thomas Aquinas and the Connections between
Thirteenth Century Preaching and Biblical
Commentary," in Initiation and Mystagogy in
Thomas Aquinas, ed. H. Schoot et al. (Leuven:
Peeters, 2019), 323-349.
"Finding
the Roots of Bonaventure’s Literary Style in
Medieval Preaching," Nova et Vetera,
Fall 2019 (Vol. 17, No. 4).
"Clarifying the Virtues and Limits of Nationalism," Church Life Journal,
“Thomas
Aquinas’s Principium
at Paris,” in Towards a
Biblical Thomism: Thomas Aquinas and the Renewal
of Biblical Theology, ed. P. Roszak and J.
Vijgen (Navarre, Spain: Eunsa, 2018), 39-60.
“How
Faith Perfects Prudence: Thomas Aquinas on the
Wisdom of the Old Law and the Gift of Counsel,” in The Virtuous
Life: Thomas Aquinas on the Theological Nature of
Moral Virtues (Leuven: Peeters, 2017),
143-162.
“What
Lessons Do Thomas Aquinas’s Sermons Hold for
Modern Preachers?” Homiletic and
Pastoral Review (June, 2017).
“The Structure
and Protreptic Function of Thomas's Prologue to
the Gospel of John,” Nova et Vetera,
vol. 15, no. 4 (Fall 2017): 1101-1149.
“Giving
Thanks for a Bountiful Harvest: Two New Books on the
Natural Law,” The
Chesterton Review, vol. 41, nos. 3 & 4
(Fall/Winter 2015), 541-548.
“Natural
Law and Grace: How Charity Perfects the Natural
Law,” in Faith, Hope, and Love: Thomas Aquinas on
Living by the Theological Virtues, ed. H.
Goris, et al. (Leuven: Peeters, 2015), 233-257.
“Hope and History,”
in Redeeming
Philosophy: From Metaphysics to Aesthetics,
ed. John Conley, S.J. (Washington, D.C.: Catholic
University Press, 2014), 173-199.
“If
Philosophy Begins in Wonder: Aquinas,
Creation, and Wonder,” Communio 41
(Spring 2014): 92-111.
“Thomas Aquinas on
the Ten Commandments and the Natural Law,” in
The Decalogue
and its Cultural Influence, ed. Dominik Markl,
S.J. (Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2013).
“Thirteenth,
Greatest
of Centuries?” Sacred
Architecture 22 (2012): 21-24.
“How
to Read a Sermon by Thomas Aquinas,” Nova et Vetera,
vol. 10, no. 3 (Summer 2012): 775-804.
“What the Old
Law reveals about the Natural Law According to
Thomas Aquinas,” The Thomist,
vol. 75, no. 1 (January 2011): 95-139.
“On
Penance, Absolution, and the Forgiveness of Sins,”
Homiletic and
Pastoral Review (November, 2011).
“The
Hebrew Bible and Creation,” in Green
Discipleship: Catholic Theological Ethics &
the Environment, edited by
Tobias Winright (Anselm Academic Press, 2011).
“Thomas
Aquinas,” encyclopedia article in Encyclopedia
of Christian Literature, ed. G. T. Kurian (The
Scarecrow Press, 2010).
“Don’t
Blame Vatican II: Modernism and Modern Church
Architecture,” in Sacred Architecture (Fall
2007).
Book
review of: Russell Hittinger, The First Grace:
Rediscovering the Natural Law in a Post-Christian
World, in Crisis (October 2003).
“Thomas
Aquinas's Semiosis of the Old Law in Terms of the
Natural Law,” in Semiotics 2002, ed. Scott
Simpkins and John Deely (Ottawa, Canada: Legas,
2003), pp 185-201.
“The
Semiotic Function of the Epigraph in Aquinas'
Biblical Prologues and Sermons: A Mixing of Memory
and Desire,” in Semiotics 2001, ed. Scott
Simpkins and John Deely (Ottawa, Canada: Legas,
2002), pp.420-438.
Articles
Forthcoming:
“In the Grip of a
Picture: The Persistent Myth of the 'Newtonian'
Clockwork Universe,” Fellowship of
Catholic Scholars Quarterly (accepted)
"Lumen
Ecclesiae: Pope Saint Paul VI on Thomas
Aquinas, Light of the Church and Light of the
World," for the volume Thomas Aquinas: Still the
Common Doctor? (forthcoming from The Catholic
University of America Press).
“Christian Temperance and Mimetic Desire,”
forthcoming in Temperance, ed. R. E. Houser (The
Catholic University of America Press).
Understanding
the Context of the 'Natural Inclinations' and
the Natural Law: Thomas Aquinas’s Use of
Cicero’s De Officiis in Summa
Theologiae Ia-IIae, Q. 94, art. 2 (under
review at The Thomist)
"William Auxerre's Important Contributions to
the Natural Law Tradition," (under review at Nova
et Vetera)
"Thomas Aquinas: Magister Praedicatorum,"
accepted for publication in a volume with the
Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas
(Angelicum)
Other Book Projects in
Process:
Divine Order and Human Justice in Homer: A Study
of Themis and Dikē in the Homeric
Epics:
A book-length
study of the meanings of two key concepts that
together reveal the complex conception of justice
expressed in the two great Homeric epics, the Iliad and
Odyssey
(in process)
Ph.D.
(August, 1998), Medieval Studies and Philosophy,
University of Notre Dame
Dissertation: How the Old Law Showed
Forth the Precepts of the Natural Law: A
Commentary on Certain Questions Concerning the Law
in the Summa of
Theology of Thomas Aquinas
Director: Ralph McInerny, Grace Professor of
Medieval Philosophy, University of Notre Dame
Readers: Alasdair MacIntyre, David Solomon, Alfred
Freddoso
M.M.S. (May, 1991),
Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame
M.A., (May, 1987),
Department of Theology, University of Dallas
Thesis: The Gospel of John and
Neo-Platonic Metaphysics in Augustine’s Literal
Commentary on Genesis: A Study in Patristic
Scriptural Hermeneutics
B.A.,
(May, 1981), Cornell College. Major:
Chemistry
Professor
of
Theology, University of St. Thomas, 2001-present (tenure awarded
2005)
Undergraduate
Courses
taught:
*
Christian Ethics and the Law
*
Faith and Moral Development
*
Modern Challenges to Christianity
*
Teachings of the Catholic Church
*
Honors Seminar: From Empire to Christendom
*
Social Justice and the Church
Graduate
Courses taught:
*
Law and Grace in Aquinas (for the Center for
Thomistic Studies)
*
Community and the Human Person (for the Masters of
Liberal Arts Program)
*
Natural Law and Prudence (for the Center for
Thomistic Studies)
Awards:
* Edith Stein Award for Academic
Research (Fall 2019)
Visiting
Assistant
Professor of Theology, University of Notre
Dame, 1998-2001
Courses taught:
*
Foundations of Theology
*
Who is Jesus?
High
School Teacher, Immaculate Conception Apostolic
School, Center Harbor, NH, 1987-89
Courses taught:
Chemistry, World History, U.S. History, Geography,
English Literature and Composition, Intermediate
Latin.
LANGUAGE
PROFICIENCY:
Latin
(classical and medieval), French, German, Classical
Greek
EXPERIENCE IN
ACADEMIC EDITING:
Research Assistant,
Ambrosiana Library (Milan), University of Notre
Dame, 1991-92
(Founding) Assistant
Managing Editor, Medieval Philosophy and
Theology, 1989-90
Assistant Editor, Society
of Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Newsletter,
1989-90
Consulting Editor, Sacred Architecture Journal,
2023-
TEACHING AND RESEARCH
INTERESTS:
Moral Theology (esp. Natural Law
and Virtue Ethics), History of Christian Thought,
(esp. Patristic and Medieval), and History Philosophy
(esp. Ancient and Medieval), Christianity and Culture,
Theology and Science
REWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
Civitas Institute Fellow,
University of Texas at Austin, 2023-2024
University of St. Thomas Edith
Stein Excellence in Research Award, August 2019
Myser Fellow, Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, 2010-2011
POPULAR
PUBLICATIONS (both on-line and in print):
"Liturgy:
Active or Contemplative?" The Catholic Thing,
1 October 2024
"What
Conservatives, Catholics, and All Americans Can
Learn from Israel," Public Discourse, 29
September 2024
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Catholic Thing, 18 September 2024
"Voting
for the Millstone," The Catholic Thing,
3 September 2024
"Whose
Oppressive Discourse?" The Catholic Thing,
20 August 2024
"Seeds
of Hope in Slovakia," The Catholic Thing,
7 August 2024
"Forgive
Us As We Have Forgiven Others," The Catholic
Thing, 23 July 2024
"Eucharist,
the Heart of Catholic Education," Our
Catholic Mission (Summer 2024)
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"Aim
Even Higher," The Catholic Thing, 25
June 2024
"Love
and Maintenance," The Catholic Thing, 10
June 2024
"Junkspace:
The Empty Slogans of Our Politicized Linguistic
Regime," The New Oxford Review (May
2024)
"Stuck
in a Box of Suicidal Madness," The Catholic
Thing, 29 May 2024
"Eucharistic
Faith and the Design of Churches," Sacred
Architecture Journal, vol. 45 (Spring 2024):
24-27.
"What
an Effective Civics Education Must Do," National
Review, 28 May 2024
"Student
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April 2024
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November 2023
“The
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"Mindfulness
Is Not Prayer," The Catholic Thing, 31
October 2023
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Authority and Civic Prudence," The Catholic
Thing, 17 October 2023
"Holiness
and Prudence," The Catholic Thing, 7
October 2023
"Beauty
is Necessary for Prayer," Sacred
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"Ideology’s
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September 2023
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February 2023
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January 2023
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Here to Eternity," The Catholic Thing, 1
November 2022
"Medieval
‘Reductio’ vs. Modern Reductivism," 18 October
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Eucharistic Faith," The Catholic Thing,
3 October 2022
"Something
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The Catholic Thing, 30 September 2022
"A
Different Kind of Classroom Diversity," The
Catholic Thing, 6 September 2022
"When
a Virtue-Signaling Archbishop is More Politician
than Pastor," Catholic World Report, 29
August 2022
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24 August 2022
"Persons
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August 2022
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26 July 2022
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July 2022
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31 May 2022
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Absurd Magnificence of It All," The Catholic
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23 March 2022
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8 March 2022
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February 2022
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25 January 2022
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11 January 2022
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27 December 2021
"Deconstructionist,
Deconstruct Thyself," Public Discourse,
22 December 2021
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14 December 2021
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Catholic Thing, 30 November 2021
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November 2021
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August 2021
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Thing, 16 June 2021
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Thing, 2 June 2021
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Thing, 15 May 2021
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Green Grocer’s Sign," The Catholic Thing,
28 April 2021
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April 2021
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Day," The Catholic Thing, 25 March 2021
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Sepulchers," The Catholic Thing, 10
March 2021
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February 2021
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Catholic Thing, 11 February 2021
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January 2021
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Thing, 3 December 2020
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and Things in the World," Catholic World
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Thing, 21 October 2020
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September 2020
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12 August 2020
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29 July 2020
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Arts and the Pandemic," Catholic World
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Thing, 1 July 2020
"Life
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Thing, 17 June 2020
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Ultimate Purgatory Fear," The Catholic Thing,
4 June 2020
"Wrestling
with a Moral Dilemma," Catholic World Report,
1 June 2020
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Everything Be Different Now?" The Catholic
Thing, 20 May 2020
"Distance
Education: It’s a Long Way From Real Education,"
Catholic World Report, 12 May 2020.
"Metaphysics
and Theology," The Catholic Thing, 7 May
2020
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Online," The Catholic Thing, 23 April
2020
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Titanic Moment and the Puncturing of Illusions,"
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"The
Relevance of the Resurrection," Catholic
World Report, 12 April 2020
"Good
Friday, Death, and Christian Life," Catholic
World Report, 10 April 2020
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Thing, 8 April 2020
“'The
Thin Polish of Easy Morality' and Our Present Crisis,"
Catholic World Report, 26 March 2020
"Change
the Model, Change the Virtue," The Catholic
Thing, 25 March 2020
"Christian
Hope and Covid-19," Catholic World Report,
14 March 2020
"Dreams
of Dueling Synods," Catholic World Report,
10 March 2020
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to You?" The Catholic Thing, 8 March
2020
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Not to Learn About a Religion," The Catholic
Thing, 19 February 2020
"Words
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'Management Speak,'" 8 February 2020
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Widow’s Mite," The Catholic Thing, 6
February 2020
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New Paradigm for a Liberal Arts Education?" The
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When?" The Catholic Thing, 11 January
2020
"Papolatry
and Progressive Privilege," Catholic World
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December 2019
"God
and the Mystery of a Screwed Up World," Catholic
World Report, 11 December 2019
"No
Heart for Newman's University," The Catholic
Thing, 4 December 2019
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God's Will?" Catholic World Report, 15
November 2019
"Why
Not the Best?" The Catholic Thing, 12
November 2019
"Respecting
Authority," The Catholic Thing, 31
October 2019
"Old
Folks’ Folk Mass," The Catholic Thing,
16 October 2019
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Time for Catholic Hospitals?" The Catholic
Thing, 2 October 2019
"Maritain
the Martian," The Catholic Thing, 18
September 2019
"Let
a Hundred Flowers Bloom?" The Catholic Thing,
5 September 2019
"Are
Colleges and Universities Guilty of Usury?" The
Catholic Thing, 21 August 2019
"Can
I Believe?" The Catholic Thing, 7 August
2019
"Coming
Out as Catholic," The Catholic Thing, 24
July 2019
"Freedom
of Speech, Under a Cloud," The Catholic Thing,
10 July 2019
"How
long before the courts address the construct called
'age'?" Catholic World Report, 8 July 2019
"Music
for the Dying," The Catholic Thing, 29 June
2019
"In
the Field Hospital," The Catholic Thing, 12
June 2019
"They
Do Death Well Here," The Catholic Thing, 30
May 2019
"The Beauty of a Mother at Mass," The Catholic Thing, 15 May 2019
"But
for Yale?" Catholic World Report, 30
April 2019
"Now
the Battle for Notre Dame Begins," Catholic
World Report, 25 April 2019
"Appropriating
Catholic Social Justice for Partisan Purposes," The
Catholic Thing, 24 April 219
"When
Was The Last Supper?" Catholic World Report,
18 April 2019
"Guarding
Auschwitz," The Catholic Thing, 10 April
2019
"The
Opiate of the Masses," The Catholic Thing,
27 March 2019
"Portraits
of Clericalism," The Catholic Thing, 11
March 2019
"A
Mother Raising Boys Speaks Out," The Catholic
Thing, 27 February 2019
"Toxic
Femininity," The Catholic Thing, 13 February
2019
"Neither
the Seamless Garment, Nor Merely Anti-Abortion," The
Catholic Thing, 30 January 2019
"Unsafe
Safe Spaces," The Catholic Thing, 16 January
2019
"A
Foolish, Blessed Inconsistency," The Catholic
Thing, 2 January 2019
"History
Ain't What It Used To Be," The Catholic Thing,
18 December 2018
"The
Laws of Love," The Catholic Thing, 5
December 2018
"Progress
or Repeated Failure," The Catholic Thing, 25
November 2018
"After
Morality," The Catholic Thing, 7 November
2018
"We
Did Our Job," The Catholic Thing, 24
October 2018
"Where
Else Shall We Go?" The Catholic Thing, 30
September 2018
“The
Worthiness
of Work,” The
Catholic Thing, 15 September 2018
“There
is
a God; I am not Him,” The Catholic Thing,
1 September 2018
“My
Slow News Week,” The Catholic Thing,
19 August 2018
“Celebrity
Lectures,” The
Catholic Thing, 1 August 2018
“The
Value
of Mistakes,” The
Catholic Thing, 21 July 2018
“Teaching
Prudence
— and Not Teaching It,” The Catholic Thing,
7 July 2018
“Crazy
in
the Right Way,” The Catholic Thing,
20 June 2018
“The
Three
Forms of Justice,” The Catholic Thing,
6 June 2018
“Cultural
Appropriation,” The Catholic Thing,
26 May 2018
“Reconsidering’
Humanae Vitae,”
The Catholic Thing,
13 May 2018
“Conforming to Good or Evil: More Moral Lessons in the Shadow of the Holocaust,” Public Discourse, 1 May 2018
“Moral
Education
in the Shadow of the Holocaust,” Public Discourse,
30 April 2018
“Etiquette and the Common Good,” The Catholic Thing, 25 April 2018
“The Relevance of the Resurrection,” Catholic World Report, 21
“Casting Aspersions,” The Catholic Thing, 12 April 2018
“Good
Friday,
Death, and Christian Life,” Catholic World Report,
30 March 2018
“A Neutral Account of Easter?” The Catholic Thing, 28 March 2018
“The
New
McCarthyism: Religion, Marriage, and Judicial
Nominations,” Public
Discourse, 20 March 2018
“A Chilling Effect on Freedom of Speech,” The Catholic Thing, 14 March 2018
“Meaning
and
Truth,” The
Catholic Thing, 15 February 2018
“Partisan
Politics
Preventing Pastoral Practice,” The Catholic Thing,
31 January 2018
“Im-Personal
Human
Beings?” The
Catholic Thing, 17 January 2018
“The
Desert
Flowers: The Gospel and Isaiah,” The Catholic Thing,
20 December 2017
“The
Iron
Cage of Educational Bureaucracy,” The Catholic Thing,
22 November 2017
“Tales
from
the Crypt of Catholic Education,” The Catholic Thing,
8 November 2017
“Hiring
for
Mission . . . or Not,” The Catholic Thing,
25 October 2017
“Someone
(Else)
Please Help the Poor,” The Catholic Thing,
10 October 2017
“The
Two
Gears of Student Moral Discourse,” The Catholic Thing,
27 September 2017
“God
was
Present, and So Were Rescuers,” The Catholic Thing,
14 September 2017
“College:
What
Are You Paying For?” The Catholic Thing,
30 August 2017
“St.
Augustine’s
Wisdom: Adam, Eve, Christ, and the Church,” Catholic World Report,
28 August 2017
“St. Perpetua’s Non-Silence,” The Catholic Thing, 16 August 2017
“Divorced
from
Religious Life?” Catholic World Report,
10 August 2017
“Past Lives and Reincarnation,” The Catholic Thing, 2 August 2017
“When
Christ
is not the Center,” The Catholic Thing,
19 July 2017
“Liberal
Progressivism’s
Presumption,” The
Catholic
Thing, 5 July 2017
“Preaching
and
the Four Senses of Scripture,” The Catholic Thing,
21 June 2017
“Examination
of
Conscience,” The
Catholic Thing, 7 June 2017
“Know
Thyself,” The
Catholic Thing, 24 May 2017
“Pictures
of
Two Women,” The
Catholic Thing, 14 May 2017
“Church
Disasters
and Resurrections,” The Catholic Thing,
8 May 2017
“’Under
Caesar’s
Sword’ documents persecuted Christian communities,”
Catholic World
Report, 1 May 2017
“Let His Blood Be Upon Us,” The Catholic Thing, 24 April 2017
“The
‘Fuller
Sense’ of Scripture,” The Catholic Thing,
12 April 2017
“Catholic
Education
Matters,” The
Catholic Thing, 29 March 2017
“Is
Christianity
Good for Women?” The Catholic Thing,
15 March 2017
“Ideology
and the Corruption of Language,” Public Discourse,
3 March 2017
“The
Man
Who Shared the Cross,” The Catholic Thing,
1 March 2017
“The
Gnostic God,” The
Catholic Thing, 15 February 2017
“Facebook:
Facts
or Fury?” Catholic
World Report, 12 February 2017
“The
Immortality
Project’s Brave New World,” The Catholic Thing,
1 February 2017
“Patient
Patriotism,” Public Discourse,
20 January 2107
“Architectural
Signs
of Hope,” The
Catholic Thing, 19 January 2017
“Philemon
and
the New Man in Christ,” The Catholic Thing,
7 January 2017
“The
Saturnalia
and St. John Chrysostom: A New Year’s Message,” Catholic World Report,
31 December 2016
“Behold Your King Comes,” The Catholic Thing, 21 December 2016
“The
Vagina
Monologues Are Silenced,” The Catholic Thing,
7 December 2016
“Miguel
Pro,
the guy with the gun, and the King of History,” Catholic World
Report, 23 November 2016
“Debtors and Trespassers,” The Catholic Thing, 23 November 2016
“Where
is
Professor Anthony Esolen’s ‘safe space’?” Catholic World
Report, 17 November 2016
“Another
multinational
corporation forces its ideology on everyone else,” Catholic World Report,
3 November 2016
“I’m Sorry, I Can’t Speak That Way,” The Catholic Thing, 26 October 2016
“The
Answer
is Always People,” The Catholic Thing,
19 October 2016
“Crazy
clericalism
at Houston’s University of St. Thomas,” Catholic World
Report, 18 October 2016
Faith
is
not an electric blanket, it’s a Cross,” Catholic World
Report, 10 October 2016
“Contraception:
How
Far Back Does the Church Teaching Go?” The Catholic Thing,
26 September 2016
“The
Magnet
of Mediocrity,” The Catholic Thing,
17 September 2016
“Teaching
Catholic
Character?” The
Catholic Thing, 31 August 2016
"The
Thing People on Television Never Do," The
Catholic Thing, 17 August 2016.
"Beginning St. Thomas Aquinas," The Catholic Thing, 6 August 2016.
"The Face of the Triune God," The Catholic Thing, 20 July 2016.
"Alice in Wonderland," The Catholic Thing, 8 July 2016.
"Come
Study What Jesus Didn't Do (Even if the Bible Says
He Did)," The Catholic Thing, 18 June 2016.
"Neutered
by Neutrality: The Abiding Influence of John Rawls,
Part Two, Public Discourse, 14 June 2016.
"Defeated
by Default: The Abiding Influence of John Rawls,
Part One," Public Discourse, 13 June 2016.
"A
Traditional Catholic Wife?" The Catholic Thing,
1 June 2016.
"Is
the 'New Evangelization' No More Than a Marketing
Slogan?" The New Oxford Review, May 2016.
"Humankind
Cannot Bear Very Much Reality," The Catholic
Thing, 15 May 2016.
"The
Meaninglessness of our Political Discourse: A Lesson
from George Orwell," Public Discourse, 9 May
2016.
"How
to Listen at Mass," The Catholic Thing, 30
April 2016.
"The
Difficult Way of Mercy," Catholic World Report,
19 April 2016.
"Setting
the Prisoner Free," The Catholic Thing, 6
April 2016.
"Good
Friday, Death, and Christian Life," Catholic
World Report, 25 March 2016.
"Ad
Hominem Violence," The Catholic Thing, 23
March 2016.
"Bill
Cosby for the Laetare Medal?" Catholic World
Report, 15 March 2016.
"Penance,
Absolution, and Forgiveness of Sins," The
Catholic Thing, 9 March 2016.
"The
Benedictine Option," Catholic World Report,
6 March 2016.
"Why
a Church?" The Catholic Thing, 24 February
2016.
"Papal
Errors," The Catholic Thing, 12 February
2016.
"You
Don't Have to Like a Pope," The Catholic Thing,
28 January 2016.
"Two
Faces in the Crowd," The Catholic Thing, 6
January 2016.
"Mary,
Mother of Us All in the New Year, Catholic World
Report, 4 January 2016.
"Hope
in a Time of Darkness and Despair," The Catholic
Thing, 23 December 2015.
"Pope
Francis’s
Holistic Understanding of the Environment," Catholic World
Report, 8 December 2015.
"The
Habit
of Thanksgiving," The Catholic Thing,
2 December 2015.
"Reverence
and
Respect," The
Catholic Thing, 19 November 2015.
"Uncivil
Discourse, Part Two: A Call for Intellectual Humility,"
Public Discourse, 13 November 2015.
"Uncivil
Discourse: Modern Media's Ideological Junkspace," Public
Discourse, 12 November 2015.
"In
Search of Better Homilies," The Catholic Thing,
4 November 2015.
"Rethinking
Birthdays," The Catholic Thing, 23 October
2015.
"Religion,
Violence, and Ignorant Bigotry," The Catholic
Thing, 8 October 2015.
"Walker
Percy and the Atticus Finch Question," Catholic
World Report, 4 October 2015.
"The
Forgotten Spouse," The Dispatch, 1 October
2015.
"Seminarians:
Training to be Doctors of the Soul?" The
Catholic Thing, 25 September 2015.
"Love
Thy Spouse," The Catholic Thing, 9 September
2015.
"Conscience
Clash and Double Standards in Kentucky," Catholic
World Report, 7 September 2015.
"The
Social Injustice Done to Adjunct Faculty: A Call to Arms,"
Public Discourse, 1 September 2015.
"The
International Catholic University Solution," The
Catholic Thing, 26 August 2015.
"The
Habit of Seeing God Face to Face," The Catholic
Thing, 12 August 2015.
"Martyrdom
Then and Now," The Catholic Thing, 29 July
2015.
"The
Little Stories We Tell Ourselves," The Catholic
Thing, 15 July 2015.
"Faith:
Spiritual Light that Enlightens the Mind," The
Catholic Thing, 1 July 2015.
"Flesh
and Spirit," The Catholic Thing, 13 June
2015.
"Are
Catholics Afraid to Question?" The Catholic
Thing, 30 May 2015.
"Catholicism
vs. Materialism," The Catholic Thing, 13 May
2015.
"A
'War' Between Science and Religion?" The
Catholic Thing, 29 April 2015.
"The
Latest Attack on San Francisco's Archbishop," Crisis,
21 April 2015.
"The
Active and Contemplative Life," The Catholic
Thing, 9 April 2015.
"The
Perils of Political Propaganda: Mass Hysteria over
Indiana," Public Discourse, 2 April 2015.
"Are
'Facts' the Only Kind of Truth?" The Catholic
Thing, 25 March 2015.
"Morality,
Facts, and Opinions," The Catholic Thing, 12
March 2015.
"Mission
Fit in Catholic High Schools," The Catholic
Thing, 24 February 2015.
"St.
Augustine's Wisdom: Adam, Eve, Christ, and the Church,"
Catholic World Report, 18 February 2015.
"Love
as a Virtue," The Catholic Thing, 11
February 2015.
"The Coming
Perfect Storm: Five Reasons Why Freedom of Religion
and Conscience is in Peril," Touchstone
(January/February 2015), 38-43.
"Love
as Passion --- and Virtue," The Catholic Thing,
21 January 2015.
"Bureaucratic
Bloat in Higher Education: Getting Rid of the Middlemen,"
Public Discourse, 15 January 2015.
"Of
Scandal and Catholic Schools," The Catholic
Thing, 3 January 2015.
"Is
the Second Coming Still Coming?" The Catholic
Thing, 7 December 2014.
"Journalism
Today: Telenovela or Truth?" Aleteia, 6
December 2104.
"The
Limits of a Secular Age," The Catholic Thing,
19 November 2014.
"Why
a Bishops' Accreditation Process Could Be the Best Thing
for Catholic Higher Education," Aleteia, 12
November 2014.
"Conscience
and Reality," The Catholic Thing, 5 November
2014.
"Can
an Atheist Make a Really Great Film about Faith?" Aleteia,
4 November 2014.
"Reading
the Signs of the Times Rightly, Aleteia, 25
October 2014.
"Conscience
and Truth," The Catholic Thing, 18 October
2014.
"The
Challenge of the Church's Social Magisterium," The
Catholic Thing, 4 October 2014.
"The
Reality of the Church’s Social Magisterium," The
Catholic Thing, 14 September 2014.
"A
Modest Proposal for Dying Religious Communities," The
Catholic Thing, 28 August 2014.
"A
Right to Complain, an Obligation to Help," The
Catholic Thing, 14 August 2014.
"The
Heavens Declare the Glory of God," The Catholic
Thing, 30 July 2014.
"A
Pastoral and Dogmatic Council," The Catholic
Thing, 19 July 2014.
"When
Catholic Colleges Abandon Theology Requirements," Crisis
15 July 2014.
"A
Higher Power," The Catholic Thing, 2 July
2014.
"A
Tale of Two Trials: Karamazov and Zimmerman,"
Public Discourse, 26 June 2014.
"Dostoyevsky
the Prophet: The Trial of Dmitri Karamazov and
the Redefinition of Family," Public Discourse,
24 June 2014.
"Suffering
Servant, the Circuit Breaker, The Catholic Thing,
18 June 2014.
"Why
St. Thomas Becket was Martyred," Crisis, 5
June 2014.
"Ignoring
a Pope While Pretending to Listen," The Catholic
Thing, 29 May 2014.
"The
“Sensus Fidelium” and Popular Piety," The
Catholic Thing, 15 May 2014.
"The
Proper Sense of the ‘Sensus Fidelium'," The
Catholic Thing, 1 May 2014.
"Logic:
What’s Missing from Public Discourse," Crisis,
30 April 2014.
"Why
I Don’t Write About the Vatican," The Catholic
Thing, 16 April 2014.
"The
Cistercians Are Back at Zirc," The Catholic
Thing, 6 April 2014.
"Confusions sur le genre, d’inspiration cartésienne,"
"Cartesian-Inspired
Gender Confusions," The Catholic Thing, 5
December 2013.
"Perpetually
Passed Over by Polling," The Catholic Thing,
21 November 2013.
"Francis:
The Man and the Message," The Catholic Thing,
6 November 2013.
"Que souhaiteriez-vous ętre ?" France Catholique,
18 October 2013.
"Who
Do You Want to Be?" The Catholic Thing, 17
October 2013.
"La nourriture raisonnée (Contraceptive Eating)," France
Catholique,7 October 2013.
"La sexualité du robot (suite) : le principe de
nuisance,"
"Christ
and the Moral Life," The Catholic Thing, 6
October 2013.
"Contraception : le sexe vu comme une maladie,"
"Contraception:
Sex as a Disease," The Catholic Thing, 19
September 2013.
"La place de la nourriture et de la sexualité dans
l’épanouissement humain," France Catholique, 7
September 2013.
"Food
and Sex for Human Flourishing," The Catholic
Thing, 5 September 2013.
"Contraceptive
Eating," The Catholic Thing, 23 August
2013.
"Théologie morale et épanouissement humain,"
"Moral
Theology and Human Flourishing," The Catholic
Thing, 8 August 2013.
"Pas de mal, des devoirs et autres imbroglios moraux,"
"No
Harm, Ought, and Other Moral Muddles," The
Catholic Thing, 24 July 2013.
"After
Architectural Modernism" Crisis, 11 July
2013.
"The
Harm Principle," The Catholic Thing, 11
July 2013.
"Lust,
Language, and the Un-level Playing Field," The
Catholic Thing, 20 June 2013.
"Luxuria, la vie facile,"
"Luxuria,"
The Catholic Thing, 25 May 2013.
"The
Mystery of Esolen: Who are They?" The Catholic
Thing, 9 May 2013.
"Les hommes sont comme le Christ, le Chef de l’Eglise,"
"Men
Like Christ, Head of the Church," The Catholic
Thing, 11 April 2013.
"Vieillir et se retirer,"
"Aging
and Office," The Catholic Thing, 24
February 2013.
"Gun
Control, Court Control," The Catholic Thing,
31 January 2013.
"Reading
in the New Year," The Catholic Thing, 7
January 2013.
"Joseph, pčre modčle," France Catholique, 28
December 2012.
"Joseph,
Model Father," The Catholic Thing, 27
December 2012.
"Ce qui importe désormais," France Catholique, 10
December 2012.
"What
Matters Now," The Catholic Thing, 9 December
2012.
"A propos du départ d’un voisin trčs aimé," France
Catholique, 19 November 2012.
“On
the Passing of a Beloved Neighbor,” The Catholic Thing,
14 November 2012.
“The
Pro-Life USCCB Voter’s Guide,” The Catholic Thing,
25 October 2012.
"Former une conscience catholique," France
Catholique, 12 October 2012.
“Forming
a Catholic Conscience,” The Catholic Thing,
11 October 2012.
“Une histoire en guise d’avertissement
(Les débats entre Lincoln et Douglas en 1858),” France Catholique,
23 September 2012.
“A
Cautionary Tale,” The Catholic Thing,
21 September 2012.
"Sainteté : commencez par payer votre loyer," France
Catholique, 9 September 2012.
“Holiness
Means Paying Your Rent,” The Catholic Thing,
8 September 2012.
"Cartographie de nos désirs
désordonnés," France Catholique, 30 October 2012.
“Mapping
Our Disordered Desires,” The Catholic Thing,
25 August 2012.
“Se libérer du Catholicisme?” France Catholique,
12 August 2012.
“Freedom
from Catholicism,” The Catholic Thing, 11 August 2012.
“Le catholique anti-catholique,” France Catholique,
16 July 2012.
“The
Anti-Catholic Catholic,” The Catholic Thing,
14 July 2012.
“Dewey or
Don’t We: Why Our Kids Are Messed Up” (part 2), Crisis 4 July
2012.
“Dewey
or Don’t We: Why Our Kids Are Messed Up” (part 1), Crisis 3 July
2012.
“Certains sont plus ‘autres’ que
d’autres,” France
Catholique, 24 June 2012.
“Some
Are More ‘Other’ Than Others,” The Catholic Thing,
24 June 2012.
“Courtship,
Etiquette, and the Adolescent Male,” Crisis, 1 June
2012.
“A propos du mariage: Salut,
partenaire!” France
Catholique, 21 May 2012.
“Howdy
Partner,” The
Catholic Thing, 19 May 2012.
“Agitation ŕ propos des jérémiades
Jenky,” France
Catholique, 6 May 2012.
“Jittery
About Jenky’s Jeremiad,” The Catholic Thing,
5 May 2012.
“Raising
the Bar: Christianity and Liberal Arts in the University,”
Crisis, 19 April
2012.
“L’amour désire connaître le
bien-aimé,” France
Catholique, 15 April 2012.
“Love
Desires to Know the Beloved,” The Catholic Thing,
15 April 2012.
“Curiosities
About Counting,” Crisis, 4 April 2012.
"Fraqueza que nos fortalece," Actualidade
Religiosa, 28 March 2012.
“La faiblesse qui nous rend forts,” France Catholique,
21 March 2012.
“Weakness
that Makes us Strong,” The Catholic Thing,
21 March 2012.
“On ne coopčre pas avec le mal,” France Catholique,
5 March 2012.
“No
Cooperation with Evil,” The Catholic Thing,
4 March 2012.
“La foi : une qualité pour
l’intellect,” France
Catholique, 19 February 2012.
“Faith:
A Virtue of the Intellect,” The Catholic Thing,
18 February 2012.
“Beware
the ObamaCare Win-Win,” The American Thinker,
17 February 2012.
“Health
Care Overreach: Federalism and Federal Mandates,” The American Thinker,
14 February 2012.
“Faith
Isn’t a Checklist,” The Catholic Thing, 2 February 2012.
"Fé enquanto compromisso," Actualidade Religiosa,
1 February 2012.
“Faith
as Commitment,” The Catholic Thing,
22 January 2012.
“La Foi : un engagement,” France Catholique,
23 January 2012.
“Hasard tragique - sacrifice par
amour,” France
Catholique, 1 January 2012.
“Random
Tragedy to Loving Sacrifice,” The Catholic Thing,
31 December 2011.
“Une vierge concevra,” France Catholique,
13 December 2011.
“The
Virgin Shall Conceive,” The Catholic Thing,
11 December 2011.
“Impossible pour un homme seul,” France Catholique,
26 November 2011.
“For
Man It is Impossible,” The Catholic Thing,
26 November 2011.
“Chce to viac šírky sv. Ignáca,” postoy.sk, 15
November 2011.
“Une vue ŕ long terme - Mystique de
l’unité,” France
Catholique, 10 November 2011.
“Taking
the Long View,” The Catholic Thing,
9 November 2011.
“Peuple souverain?” France Catholique,
26 October 2011.
“Power
to the People?” The Catholic Thing,
26 October 2011.
“The
Austrian Priests’ Initiative,” The Catholic Thing,
13 October 2011.
“Kiljoy
is Here,” Notre
Dame Magazine (Autumn 2011).
“Dialogue
Without Compromise, Without Fear,” The New Oxford Review,
vol. 78, no. 7 (September 2011): 30-33.
"RCIA
Dismay," The Catholic Thing, 20 September
2011.
“The
Magnificent Cat,” The Catholic Thing,
3 September 2011.
“Thinking
in Church and With the Church,” The Catholic Thing,
20 August 2011
“Svätý Augustín o sláve a páde Ríma,” postoy.sk, 17
August 2011.
“Can
We Stop Telling God What to Do?” The Catholic Thing,
11 August 2011
Vertus pour la cité,” France Catholique,
30 July 2011.
“The
Virtues of the City,” The Catholic Thing,
30 July 2011.
"Employment
and Social Justice," Public Discourse, 15
July 2011.
“Getting
Rid of the Body,” The Catholic Thing, 13 July 2011.
“American/Catholic/Patriot,”
The Catholic Thing,
2 July 2011.
“A
Shameful Glory,” The Catholic Thing,
18 June 2011.
“Our
Numbered Days: Certain Death & the Last
Lectures of Socrates & Jesus,” Touchstone,
March-April 2011, Volume 24, Issue 2.
“Quick,
Call the Police! It’s
an Academic Lecture,” The New Oxford Review, January-February 2011,
volume 78, no. 1.
“Waiting
for God? On the Meaning of “Providentially, Just in Time,”
Touchstone,
January-February 2011, Volume 24, Issue 1.
“Revelations
Public and Private,” The Catholic Thing,
28 January 2011.
“How
to Ride an Elevator,” Notre Dame Magazine
(Winter, 2010-11).
“The
Missing Foundation of Social Justice,” The Catholic Thing,
23 December 2010.
“Studying
With Ralph McInerny,” The Catholic Thing,
22 September 2010.
“Say
It Again: What Is There To Talk About In Heaven?” Touchstone,
Sept.-Oct. 2010, Volume 23, Issue 5.
“Fides et Ratio: The Aeterni Patris
of this Generation?” The Catholic Thing,
19 August 2010.
“Reading
the Church Fathers and Doctors,” The Catholic Thing,
13 June 2010.
“Books
and the Hungry Soul,” The Front Porch
Republic, 8 June 2010.
“But
I by Backward Steps Would Move,” The Front Porch
Republic, 26 February 2010)
POPULAR PUBLICATIONS TRANSLATED INTO OTHER LANGUAGES:
NB: I have not always kept an accurate record of these. The translations listed below are only for the years shown. Other earlier translations can be found in the list above.
French (2017-2018)
“La valeur des erreurs,” France Catholique, 16 September 2018
“‘Réviser’ Humanae Vitae,” France Catholique, 13 August 2018
“Signification et vérité,” France Catholique, 1 August 2018
“Enseigner la prudence – et ne pas l’enseigner,” France Catholique, 9 July 2018
“Fous d’une juste folie,” France Catholique, 21 June 2018
“Les Trois formes de justice,” France Catholique, 16 June 2018
“Appropriation culturelle,” France Catholique, 26 May 2018
“Savoir-vivre et ‘sens des autres,’” France Catholique, 8 May 2018
“Les fleurs du désert : l’Evangile et Isaďe,” France Catholique, 15 April 2018
“Un effet glacial sur la liberté d’expression,” France Catholique, 15 April 2018
“Un compte-rendu neutre de Pâques?” France Catholique, 29 March 2018
“Cage de fer bureaucratique dans l’enseignement,” France Catholique, 22 January 2018
“Contes de la crypte de l’éducation catholique,” France Catholique, 13 November 2017
Italian (2018)
“Prudenti: quindi matti, ma nel senso giusto,” La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana, 10 July 2018
“Impossibile rimanere ‘neutri’ di fronte alla Risurrezione,” La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana, 6 April 2018
Spanish (2016-2018)
“Etiqueta y el Bien Común,” Infovaticana, 4 May, 2018
“Fundando aspersions,” Infovaticana, 16 April, 2018
“Conócete a ti mismo,” Infovaticana, 5 March, 2018
“La respuesta siempre son las personas,” Infovaticana, 24 October, 2016
“żEnseńar la conducta Católica?” Infovaticana, 5 September, 2016
“Esperanza en un tiempo de oscuridad y desesperación,” Infovaticana, 28 December, 2015
Portuguese (2015-2018)
“As Tręs Formas de Justiça,” Actualidade Religiosa, 6 June 2018
“Partidarismos que Prejudicam a Prática Pastoral,”Actualidade Religiosa, 7 February 2018
“Empurrando problemas com a barriga...,” Actualidade Religiosa, 10 January 2018
“Deus Estava lá, os Socorristas Também,” Actualidade Religiosa, 20 September 2017
“O Năo-Silęncio de Santa Perpétua,” Actualidade Religiosa, 23 August 2017
“Que o seu sangue caia sobre nós!” Actualidade Religiosa, 26 April 2017
“A Importância da Educaçăo Católica,” Actualidade Religiosa, 29 March 2017
“O Homem que Partilhou a Cruz,” Actualidade Religiosa, 1 March 2017
“Sinais de Esperança na Arquitectura,” Actualidade Religiosa, 26 January 2017
“Filémon e o Novo Homem em Cristo,” Actualidade Religiosa, 11 January 2017
“Os Monólogos da Vagina Silenciados,”Actualidade Religiosa, 7 December 2016
“Quăo Antigo é o Ensinamento da Igreja sobre Contracepçăo?” Actualidade Religiosa, 29 September 2016
“Năo é Preciso Gostar do Papa,” Actualidade Religiosa, 3 February 2016
“Duas Caras na Multidăo,” Actualidade Religiosa, 20 January 2016
“Religiăo, Violęncia e Preconceito Ignorante,” Actualidade Religiosa, 14 October 2015
“Amai os Vossos Esposos,” Actualidade Religiosa, 16 September 2015
“O Martírio, Ontem e Hoje,” Actualidade Religiosa, 12 August 2015
“Fé: Luz Espiritual que Ilumina a Mente,” Actualidade Religiosa, 15 July 2015
Slovak (2011-2018)
“Môj týždeň pre pomalé správy,” Konzervatívny denník Postoj, 25 August 2018
“Na univerzity patria vedci so zaujímavými myšlienkami, nie celebrity,” Konzervatívny denník Postoj, 4 August 2018
“Ceňme si svoje chyby, môžu nás spraviť rozumnejšími,” Konzervatívny denník Postoj, 21 July 2018
“Rozumnosť v škole nezískame, ale môžeme sa naučiť zručnosti, ktoré k nej vedú,” Konzervatívny denník Posto,14 July 2018
“Opätovné premyslenie encykliky Humanae vitae,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 30 June 2018
“Blázniví, ale takým správnym spôsobom,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 22 June 2018
“Tri formy spravodlivosti,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 9 June 2018
“Neničme si verejné priestory,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 28 April 2018
“Poznaj seba samého,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 3 March 2018
“Zmysel a pravda,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 17 February 2018
“Ľudia sa nám budú v budúcnosti veľmi čudovať,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 20 January 2018
“Železnú klietku vzdelávacej byrokracie treba rozbiť,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 25 November 2017
“Plnší zmysel Písma,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 15 April 2017
“Hľa, tvoj kráľ prichádza,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 24 December 2016
“Všetko je to o ľuďoch,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 29 October 2016
“Keď si nevážime sväté, ťažko si môžeme vážiť ľudské,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 21 November 2015
“Mučeníctvo prvých kresťanov a dnešná politická neprispôsobivosť,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 2 August 2015
“Je láska iba dôsledkom pohybu atómov v našom mozgu?” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 24 May 2015
“„Vojna“ medzi vedou a náboženstvom?” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 8 May 2015
“Má druhý príchod naozaj prísť?” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 12 December 2014
“Má Cirkev čo povedať k ekonomickej etike?” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 26 September 2014
“Mňa anketári večne obchádzajú,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 28 November 2013
“Keď stratíme Krista, staneme sa len ďalšou politickou skupinou,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 18 October 2013
“Jozef, vzorový otec,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 3 January 2013
“Monty Python a okúzlenie inakosťou,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 2 July 2012
“Veľa kriku pre homíliu biskupa Jenkyho,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 17 May 2012
“Viera nie je len zoznam právd,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 9 February 2012
“Chce to viac šírky sv. Ignáca,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 15 November 2011
“Viera nie je o tanci v rytme Kumbaya,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 28 August 2011
“Svätý Augustín o sláve a páde Ríma,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 17 August 2011
“Chýbajúci základ sociálnej spravodlivosti,” Konzervatívny denník Posto, 2 January 2011