by Thomas Storck One of the frequent laments heard since the Second Vatican Council is that Catholics have forgotten their centuries-old heritage, and as a result, that heritage has not been transmitted to new generations of the faithful. Things that Catholics took for granted in the 1950s and earlier, such as knowledge of basic doctrine, … More That Old Time Religion
The issue of the homeless in society is starting to get more attention in the news in the United States. Unfortunately, I suspect that this is only because of the upcoming presidential election. It would be unfair to say that this issue gets no attention at other times, but it does seem to me that … More The Homeless
The following is the English version of an interview with Thomas Storck by MartinBürger of Catholic News Agency, Germany, published with the title, Distributismus: Die bessere Alternative zu Kapitalismus und Sozialismus? Ein Gespräch mit Thomas Storck Bürger: What exactly is distributism? How is it defined? Storck: Probably the best definition of distributism is that offered … More Distributism: the Better Alternative to Capitalism and Socialism?
by Thomas Storck It can be tedious to untangle a web of misrepresentations, and I’m afraid that what I am about to write here may be tedious to some. But if we are to uncover the continuing misrepresentations made by George Weigel on Catholic social teaching, this will be necessary even if it is somewhat … More George Weigel Shifts the Goalposts
LETTER TO MY EUROPEAN CORELIGIONISTS by Thomas Storck This article is a slight revision of “Lettre d’un catholique américain à ses amis français et européens,” published in L’Homme Nouveau, no. 1675, 24 November 2018, pp. 12-13. Although Anglo-Saxon North America began as simply an extension of Europe, settled entirely by Europeans – aside from African … More A New Coca-Colonization?
By Thomas Storck One of the Acton Institute’s publicists, one Kishore Jayabalan, has given us distributists a kind of left-handed compliment recently – that is, he mentioned us, he recognized that distributists do exist! With regards to what he said about us, his article was simply misinformation, but that, unfortunately, is par for the course … More Continuing a Legacy of Dissent
Practical Distributism 