Joseph Donnelly
Joseph Donnelly is an undergraduate student studying history and philosophy at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. From January-May 2025, he was a guest student at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum) in Rome, Italy, through a program with the Thomistic Institute, an academic institute of the Pontifical Faculty of the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.
The Bloody Elephant in the Room: Abortion and Western Canada
Once upon a time, there was a strange belief that the importance of a “free press” lay not only in the existence of independent,...
Stauffenberg, Hitler, and the Ever-Forgotten Anniversary
“With particular seriousness he added that it was questionable whether the coup would succeed, but even worse than failure would be the shame of...
Cardinal Mindszenty and Pius XII: A Lost Tale for All Seasons
(A fitting time in this Pentecost to recall with contributor Joseph Donnelly the all-too-forgotten JĂłzsef Cardinal Mindszenty, the 50th anniversary of whose death in...
The Providential Election of Pope Leo in this Month of May
(On this feast of Saint Matthias - whom we may see as the patron saint of good choices - here is a fine reflection...
“That Would be Tempting God!”: Conclaves and the Holy SpiritÂ
Most of us have likely had humorous conversations regarding the need to study for an exam versus abandoning the outcome of said exam to...
