Today Is the Day
Texas voter registration closes October Two weeks ago I asked whether you were registered.¹ Today, for Texans, the question has a date…
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Fides et Ratio (Latin for “faith and reason”) offers essays, podcasts, and commentary informed by centuries of Catholic intellectual thought and tradition. This is a place for careful conversation and considered reflection, meant to help both readers and listeners make sense of the world with wisdom rather than noise.
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Believe Dario
I had already been getting irritated with Claude before Pete Hegseth and Anthropic were in the same sentence in my head. I…
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Essay 3: Justice as Prevention
Forgiveness has been addressed. The contemporaneous record has been set out. The remaining question is why accountability still matters in a free…
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Thérèse of Lisieux: The Day We Have to Give
October 1 brings the feast of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. She has entered several of our series, and I have never given…
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Believe Dario
Does Claude earn his keep? That sentence has a household meaning here. My son uses it about himself, about his dog, about…
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Practical Restoration of the Soul Episode V
When We Fail Repentance, Discouragement, and Beginning Agai We have been learning to see the predominant fault, to practice the opposing virtue,…
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Four Catholic podcast series engaging timeless questions and the challenges of our present moment. Select a series to visit its page, where the latest episodes are free to watch on demand.
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Garden of Graces
Reflections on beauty, interior life, and the quiet work of grace in daily living.
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Faith & Reason
Conversations engaging theology, culture, and the Catholic intellectual tradition.
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Miracle Micah
Stories of faith, witness, and lived Christian experience.
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Fr. Kloster's Wise Words
Spiritual insights grounded in Scripture and Tradition.
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Theology & Philosophy
Engaging classical theology, metaphysics, and the enduring harmony between faith and reason.
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Culture & Modernity
Examining secular culture, media, education, and the intellectual forces shaping contemporary society.
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Anthropology & Health
Exploring the human person, body and soul, through moral and natural law.
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Church & Public Life
Reflecting on Catholic social teaching, ecclesial authority, and the common good.
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About the Founder
Karen Early
Karen Early is a Catholic writer and educator with backgrounds in engineering and theology. She is the founder of Fides et Ratio, a platform devoted to thoughtful engagement with faith, culture, and the interior life.
Drawing from tradition, lived experience, and contemporary questions, her work seeks to foster clarity, charity, and intellectual honesty in the modern world.