HOW WOMEN MADE THE MORAL CASE
FOR SUFFRAGE
By EPPC Visiting Fellow Erika Bachiochi
First Things
The suffragists worked for seventy years to convince both males and other females that women ought to share in the political responsibilities of republican government. The arguments that won the day one hundred years ago should help us think correctly about rights today.
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PARDON ME? PRO-LIFE HEROINE ANTHONY LEFT A LASTING PRO-LIFE LEGACY
By EPPC Cardinal Francis George Fellow Mary FioRito
Our Sunday Visitor
Susan B. Anthony believed that by directly challenging unjust laws, she was remaining obedient to God, who created both man and woman in his image and likeness. Read More
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WHY FINDING JUSTICES WHO WILL OVERTURN ROE V. WADE HASN’T BEEN EASY, AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
“Any effort to seat justices who will overturn Roe needs to take account of the serious political obstacles that stand in the way,” explains EPPC President Ed Whelan at Public Discourse.
In a companion piece, Mr. Whelan explains why a “pro-life litmus test” advocated by Senator Josh Hawley “promises no more success in the future than it would have had in the past.”
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THE VATICAN SHOULD SPEAK UP ON CHINA’S REPRESSION IN HONG KONG AND BEYOND
By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
The Washington Post
In the past, under Pope John Paul II, the Holy See was uncompromising in defense of fundamental human rights. That approach is needed now — but would require an overdue recalibration of the Holy See’s recent policy toward China. Read More
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UPCOMING EVENTS ABOUT
GEORGE WEIGEL’S THE NEXT POPE
In two upcoming online events, EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel will discuss his new book The Next Pope: The Office of Peter and a Church in Mission, and what the Catholic leaders of the future must do to remain faithful to the Holy Spirit’s summons to renewed evangelical witness, intensified missionary fervor, and Christ-centered reform.
Register for Sept. 10 event at 1 p.m. ET,
hosted by Catholic Information Center
Register for Sept. 16 event at 6:30 p.m. ET,
hosted by Institute for Human Ecology at CUA
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JOE BIDEN SHOULD DO MORE THAN JUST SPEAK OUT AGAINST VIOLENCE
By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen
The Washington Post
So long as the rioting continues, and so long as it occurs almost exclusively in cities controlled by Democrats, Joe Biden’s pronouncements won’t matter much. Read More
(See also Mr. Olsen’s piece on why urban unrest “requires national leadership” from President Trump.)
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SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL
By EPPC Senior Fellow Francis X. Maier
First Things
Healthy families anchor healthy societies and are, in their essence, anti-totalitarian. In like manner, attacks on a healthy society at the macro level—the congealing of economic and political power in a minority elite, for example—inevitably cripple the family on a micro level and result in a poisoned civic life. Read More
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DEMOCRACY WITHOUT INTEGRITY IS IMPOSSIBLE
By EPPC Senior Fellow Mona Charen
The xxxxxx
If our leaders can’t be trusted to be honest and accountable, our constitutional system can’t function. Read More
(See also Ms. Charen’s piece explaining that her “priority isn’t trying to heal the Republican party. It’s trying to heal the country.”)
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WHY THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IGNORED ABORTION
By EPPC Visiting Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis
National Review Online
Biden–Harris is the most pro-abortion ticket in history — and the Democratic Party is out of step with its own voters. Read More
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BOGUS FACT CHECKS ON SUBURBAN ZONING ISSUE
By EPPC Senior Fellow Stanley Kurtz
National Review Online
When it comes to the issue of zoning and the suburbs, the media’s supposed fact-checkers are comprehensively wrong. Read More
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WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE
By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
Syndicated Column
It’s hard, verging on impossible, to imagine the president-to-be-inaugurated next January summoning the country to national unity through magnanimity because our political culture has become so coarsened that it cannot cast up presidential candidates capable of credibly making that kind of appeal. Read More
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REVIEW OF SARAH SCHENIRER AND THE BAIS YAAKOV MOVEMENT: A REVOLUTION IN THE NAME OF TRADITION
By EPPC Tikvah Visiting Fellow Devorah Goldman
Jewish Action
Sarah Schenirer’s unflinching defense of basic Jewish principles, combined with the lively, youthful and joyous approach she brought to teaching, continue to guide the institution she founded. Read More
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COMING SOON...
By EPPC Fellow Stephen P. White
The Catholic Thing
A new podcast seeks to help Catholics understand the clergy abuse crisis and how the crisis might change their understanding of the Church itself. Read More
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THE CASE FOR DYNAMIC ORTHODOXY
By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
The Portal (UK)
The living parts of the world Church today are those that embrace Vatican II in full, having read it in continuity with the Church’s settled tradition. Read More
(See also Mr. Weigel’s recent interview with the German newspaper Die Tagespost, in which he discusses an “agenda for the Catholic future.”)
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WHITE DWARF
By EPPC Senior Fellow Francis X. Maier
The Catholic Thing
Whatever the fury and turmoil of our times might be, it’s who we love, what we love, and how well we love that determines our destination. Read More
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CHRIST AT THE CENTER OF THE COUNCIL
By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
Syndicated Column
Where evangelization flourishes in the Church today, it’s because Jesus Christ—crucified and risen, the unique savior of the world—is at the center of the Church’s proclamation, worship, and service. Read More
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CONSERVATIVES HAVE ONLY ONE CHOICE IN 2020
By EPPC Senior Fellow Peter Wehner
The New York Times
To be anti-Trump is not to be anti-conservative; and to be pro-Trump is not to be pro-conservative. Read More
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