In a recent essay for First Things, we encouraged the Synod of Bishops to promote Catholic education as both an evangelistic opportunity and a cultural antidote to ideological colonization.  Here we encourage all Catholics to support the education of the next generation of Catholics, as a communal responsibility, particularly in light of the challenges of ideological colonization….…

In the new book Promise and Challenge, ten diverse Catholic women — theologians, philosophers, attorneys, and an economist — answer Pope Francis’ call to address the deeper questions about the meaning of womanhood and the role of women in the Church. Contents include Dr. Farnan’s paper “The Dignity and Vocation of Men:Why Masculinity and Fatherhood…

The ambiguities of the Synod’s working document, the Instrumentum Laboris, have been criticized for undermining Church teachings on marriage, sexuality, and conscience. But the Instrumentum also suffers troubling conceptual problems that go to the heart of the Synod’s mission….. https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2015/10/letter-number-fourteen