Catholics and Latter-day Saints find themselves allies on many practical fronts. Doctrinally, however, the divergence is about as deep as it can be.

But the Stoic sage, wise as he is, ultimately remains alone. He has mastered himself, but he has no one to love him back, no Logos who became flesh and died for him, no sacraments to lift him above what he could achieve by his own effort.

Ultimately, the Catholic call is not to escape the human condition but to enter more deeply into it with hope, trusting that true peace is found not in detachment alone, but in surrender to divine love.

Ultimately, the cross is the strongest answer to nihilism: God became man, suffered, died, and rose again.

Mercantilism shaped nations and economies, but its legacy reminds us that prosperity without justice comes at a steep cost.

Distributism is always a hot topic within Catholic circles. Some Catholics consider it the ideal socio-economic system for a Catholic society. While others consider it utopian and unworkable.