by Raul Zavaleta | Nov 4, 2021 | CUP Blog, Our Catholic Faith & Church
I have been very fortunate in my life. God blessed me with a good family and surrounded me with opportunities that ultimately gave me material wealth. Spiritually, I have had some ups and downs. When I was younger, building a career led me through a path away from...
by Raul Zavaleta | Sep 15, 2021 | Preservation of God’s Natural Law & Democratic Republic, Religious Freedom, Sanctity of Marriage
This week, the Wall Street Journal published a front-page story by Douglas Belkin titled “A Generation of American Men Give Up on College” focusing on a report published by the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC), a non-profit education organization,...
by Raul Zavaleta | Jul 13, 2021 | Blog, CUP Blog, Our Catholic Faith & Church
This week I had a couple of discussions on various topics on which the participants reached different conclusions based on their understanding of faith. That got me thinking: what is faith? Many of us grew up hearing the word in Sunday school classes, church...
by Raul Zavaleta | Jul 6, 2021 | CUP Blog, Preservation of Religious Liberty (and Other)
Walking around my neighborhood I occasionally see “In this house we Believe …” signs outside homes of residents who are often white, educated, white-collar, and in the upper end of middle-class income. But in Venice, California, the sign is everywhere. Venice is a...
by Raul Zavaleta | Jun 2, 2021 | CUP Blog, Preservation of Religious Liberty (and Other)
Critical Race Theory (CRT) was pioneered in the 1970s and 80s and refined as the decades have passed. The theory posits that racial inequality is a baked-in feature of American institutions, which benefits what author Isabelle Wilkerson calls “the dominant caste,”...
by Raul Zavaleta | May 5, 2021 | CUP Blog, Preservation of Religious Liberty (and Other)
Over the last five years, I have been wondering why our society has become less resilient and more prone to be offended. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the predominant culture in the West was a culture of honor. Honor was something that had to be earned and...
