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Author: Carl Herstein

Carl Herstein
Carl Herstein retired as a partner from a large, Midwestern law firm. He is a past recipient of the St. Thomas More Award from the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Lansing, Michigan. He has a J.D. from Yale Law School.
Pope Francis with a crowd, symbolizing the goals of the Pope Francis Synod
Dialogue

Synod of the Times

Do Pope Francis’ reforms imperil Catholic teaching or update its delivery? This examination suggests various interpretations, underscoring tensions between flexibility and tradition that a synod may highlight but only a pontiff can resolve.

Politics & Law

Choosing a Path, Not Merely a Person

This election, the way to select the best choice for office is to focus less on individual personalities and more on the path on which the philosophies of each of the candidates and their fellow travelers will cause us to journey.

Continuing our effort to feature different perspectives on the best choice in the upcoming U.S. election.

Man & Priest in Confessional | Breaking the Seal of Confession | Public Square Magazine | Seal of Confession in the Catholic Church | Breaking Confession Seal
Faith

Breaking the Seal of Confession

An Australian state adopts a law requiring Catholic priests to break the seal of confession in certain situations, part of a troublesome trend that is also emerging in the United States.

Health

The Laser and the Lightbulb

Regarding COVID-19 and those who have assumed management of our lives, the public needs to know and agree on when it is necessary for us to cede control.

Freedom

The Supreme Court’s Textualist Temptation

The Supreme Court’s much-anticipated decision in Bostock v Clayton County may in fact tell us more about how courts decide what law is than what

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