By Daryl Li Grateful for the generous support from the IHE and the CUA School of Philosophy, I journeyed to Savannah, Georgia to deliver a paper at the Southwestern Philosophical Society’s (SWPS) 87th Annual Meeting on 21 November 2025. Dedicated to providing a pluralistic and open forum for philosophical research, the SWPS welcomes papers on […]

By IHE Graduate Scholar Molly Egilsrud, MA, MPhil Each June, the Church draws our attention and devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This year, there is an added poignancy: Pope Francis’s October encyclical Dilexit Nos on this devotion proved to be the final teaching of his pontificate. The late Pontiff encouraged the Church to […]

By Lucia A. Silecchia “White smoke” was all that my friend’s text said.  That was, of course, all that I needed to hear to know that the quiet afternoon I had planned in my office at Catholic University would no longer be so quiet. That text was followed by an invitation to everyone on campus to […]

By Civitas Dei Alumnus Rupesh Kotte This past June, I had the privilege to attend the 2024 Civitas Dei Fellowship, hosted by the Institute for Human Ecology and the Thomistic Institute. My experience significantly deepened and reshaped my understanding of the moral complexities of just war and the virtues. At first glance, it seemed paradoxical to […]