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VATICAN II ON CATHOLICS IN PUBLIC LIFE

By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
Syndicated Column

Coherently Catholic public officials, whose faith illuminates the truths that make for human flourishing and who integrate those truths into their political lives, are the Catholics who best reflect the Church’s intention to “establish and consolidate the human community according to the law of God.”

(See also this recent interview in which Mr. Weigel discusses the “Synodal Way” and recent statements by Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg.)

MARK ZUCKERBERG MUST DECIDE THE FATE OF TRUMP’S FACEBOOK ACCOUNT. HE SHOULD TURN TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

In upholding the company’s restrictions on Donald Trump’s accounts, Facebook’s Oversight Board has pushed the decision back to the company to set actual standards for suspending accounts, explains EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen in the Washington Post. The company should use that opportunity to create a robust, pro-free speech policy that expressly incorporates First Amendment principles.

To stay up-to-date on conservative efforts to stand up to censorship and rein in the power of Big Tech, sign up here for EPPC’s Big Tech Weekly Wrap-Up, published every Friday morning.

In an interview from his farm, EPPC President Ryan T. Anderson joined American Moment to discuss developing a strong family culture, standing up to Big Tech, and the key challenges facing social conservatives in the coming years.

NOEM PLEDGES TO BAR ACTION CIVICS AND CRITICAL RACE THEORY

By EPPC Senior Fellow Stanley Kurtz
National Review Onlne

South Dakota governor Kristi Noem has given major momentum to a new candidate pledge that not only vows support for honest and informed patriotic education, but promises to bar “action civics” and critical race theory from our schools. Read More

BESHEAR ADMINISTRATION DISCRIMINATING AGAINST KENTUCKY BAPTIST ADOPTION PROVIDER

By EPPC Fellow Andrew T. Walker
Baptist Press

In Kentucky, the Beshear administration’s unbending commitment to the sexual revolution is forcing Sunrise Children’s Services to choose either the integrity of the organization’s convictions or its ability to serve children. Read More

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THE LGBT REBELLION AGAINST THE BODY IS MAKING CASUALTIES OF MORE FOSTER CHILDREN

By EPPC Postdoctoral Fellow Nathanael Blake
The Federalist

Those bent on remaking bodies, language, and society to accord with their desires won’t persuade if they can command, or reason if they can suppress. Read More

EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow Ed Whelan took part in a Heritage Foundation discussion of court-packing proposals being pushed by activists on the left. Click the image above to watch video of this discussion.

SIGNS AND WONDERS

By EPPC Fellow Stephen P. White
The Catholic Thing

The geopolitical context surrounding the 1981 attempt on John Paul II’s life is just one layer of the story. Another layer of the story, more familiar to pious Catholics for obvious reasons, has to do with the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima. Read More

BRITAIN’S LABOUR PARTY JUST COLLAPSED IN BLUE-COLLAR ENGLAND. DEMOCRATS SHOULD CONSIDER THEMSELVES WARNED.

By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen
The Washington Post

Political trends in the United States and Britain have mirrored one another for decades, so the Labour Party’s stunning collapse across blue-collar England in last Thursday’s local elections is a clear warning sign for President Biden and Democrats. A full analysis gives Democrats signs of hope but also shows how difficult it will be to build a durable Democratic coalition. Read More

EPPC Fellows Carrie Gress and Noelle Mering recently joined the Federalist Radio Hour with the Federalist’s Executive Editor Joy Pullmann to discuss the importance of home life and their secrets to flourishing. Gress and Mering direct EPPC’s Theology of Home Project.

Click here to listen to the episode.

A MEMORY OF LOCUSTLAND

By EPPC Senior Fellow Francis X. Maier
First Things

EPPC Senior Fellow Francis X. Maier reflects on Nathaniel West, the mercy of God, and his role in writing “one of the most idiotic and embarrassing movies ever made.” Read More

LOCKDOWNS HAVE SPAWNED A NEW ADDICT: THE PANDEMIC JUNKIE

By EPPC Postdoctoral Fellow Nathanael Blake
The Federalist

There are reasonable discussions and disagreements to be had over how to handle this final stretch of the pandemic in the United States. What we cannot allow is for our policies to be driven by pandemic junkies who are determined to keep getting their fix of fear and fake virtue. Read More

EPPC President Ryan T. Anderson joins Albert Mohler’s podcast “Thinking in Public” to discuss the role of think tanks, the future of conservatism, and the battle of ideas in America.

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