Publications
The Moral Dignity of the Human Person
George Weigel
Basically all problems of justice have as their main cause the fact that the person is not sufficiently respected, taken…
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Syndicated Column / April 1, 1993
Steps on the Hard Road to Civilization
George Weigel
That is why, with vigilance but also in solidarity with initiatives and advances which help man grow, the Church rejoices…
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Syndicated Column / April 1, 1993
Humanitarian Law
George Weigel
This broad survey of the international scene, which has become traditional in the framework of our annual meeting, has above…
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Syndicated Column / April 1, 1993
The Foundation of Happiness
George Weigel
Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, at this beginning of the year, amidst the clamor of arms and of events too…
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Syndicated Column / April 1, 1993
The Vatican and the Worlds of this World
George Weigel
Amidst all the world’s other problems—the possible outbreak of a general Balkan war, genocide in the south of Sudan, the…
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Syndicated Column / March 1, 1993
Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen:
George Weigel
At the beginning of the year 1993, it is a particular pleasure for me to receive the good wishes which…
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Syndicated Column / March 1, 1993
The Travail of Africa
George Weigel
War is tearing apart many of the peoples of Africa. In Liberia, for example, the path to reconciliation is proving…
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Syndicated Column / March 1, 1993
The Challenge of Peace Ten Years after "The Challenge of Peace"
George Weigel
In the fall of 1989, David Hollenbach, S.J., the prominent Catholic social ethicist who had vigorously defended the theological and…
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Syndicated Column / February 1, 1993
A Cautionary Tale
George Weigel
I too have been amazed at the astonishing pace of historical change over the past decade; and I agree that…
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Syndicated Column / February 1, 1993
A Moral Horizon for U.S. Foreign Policy in the 21st Century
George Weigel
As richly textured human and historical realities, “centuries” do not always follow the conventions of our system of dating. The…
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Syndicated Column / February 1, 1993
Five Issues
George Weigel
Were the NCCB to make a powerful moral argument on behalf of responsible internationalism, linking the defense of the “national…
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Syndicated Column / February 1, 1993