Ken Craycraft

the difficulty of reconciling christian faith with political life is as old as christianity itself. perhaps the most  explicit  qu...

Advent causes us to focus precisely on the temporality of our lives because of the temporality of the Man who is to be born in time to redeem us

catholics need to avoid ‘nowhen’ christian faith and practice. perhaps no season of the liturgical year is more intentionally focused on tim...

the just-completed midterm elections in the united states are a proxy for the deep ambivalence of american voters about what issues matter m...

new research by pew shows that the us public is as conflicted about the relationship of religion to public life as it always has been, write...

the saints from the great novels can help us grow in our faith, writes ken craycraft one of my daughters, margaret, recently finished sigrid...

I am not suggesting that any person is evil. But having had the protective cloak of Roe removed, it is clear that a substantial percentage of pro-abortion advocates seek not simply to protect the purported autonomy of women, but rather to celebrate the killing of (or legality of killing) unborn children

in the united states the overruling of roe v wade, which returned regulation of abortion access to each of the 50 states, has elicited stron...

I am not happy with Bruen, not because of the Court’s judgement, but rather because the Second Amendment is a dangerous anachronism that should be repealed

in federalist paper number 78, alexander hamilton famously contended that the judiciary would be “the least dangerous” of the three branches...

The Dobbs decision is a major step in fumigating the lawlessness of Roe v. Wade, writes Ken Craycraft

the united states experienced a legal and political earthquake on 24 th june, when the supreme court handed down its judgment and opinion in...

But the oppressed are doing an act of charity if they can persuade whoever is attacking them to see the error of his ways

in patrick o’brian’s novel desolation island, captain jack aubrey explains to ship’s physician stephen maturin why aubrey has doubts about h...

By submitting to the authority of the Cross, we equip ourselves to give to others

perhaps the most dominant moral mistake of the modern age is the assertion that we are – or fundamentally ought to be – in control of our li...

These novels by Catholic writers can help us navigate our own spiritual drama

graham greene’s novel, the heart of the matter, begins with an aphorism from charles péguy: “le pécheur est au coeur même chrétienté.... nul...

It’s a time to reflect on our own moral failure in matters of racial relationships

in the united states, february is designated as black history month. the uk similarly designates october of each year. while, of course, the...

How the latest Supreme Court argument could shape future rulings

on 1 december 2021, the united states supreme court heard oral argument in the case of dobbs v jackson women’s health organization, the most...