Folks, I never thought I’d be recommending Tik Tok videos, but you may be interested in these one to fourteen minute outtakes from my recent long-form interview on Matt Fradd’s “Pints with Aquinas” podcast.  (No, they’re not all from Tik Tok.  So sue me.)

 

Dignitas infinita, the 2024 document of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, lists capital punishment as one of the acts which “violate[] the inalienable dignity of every person, regardless of the circumstances.”  Recently, Pope Leo has been pressing this claim more and more aggressively.

 

What words could I offer to express my dismay and revulsion for Mr. Trump’s post on his Truth Social account, picturing himself as Jesus Christ, healing a sick man in a hospital?  The president says “I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor and it had to do with Red Cross.”

 

It has been said that the first casualty of war is truth.  I wonder whether we should say instead that the first casualty of war is clear reasoning, even on the part of intelligent and knowledgeable people.