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Should Catholics Care About America 250?
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Days before the 250th anniversary of America’s founding, host Genevieve Anatalio interviews Dr. Matthew Spalding. Spalding is the Kirby Professor in Constitutional Government and Dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College and oversees the Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship at Hillsdale’s Washington, D.C. campus. He was also appointed Executive Director of the President’s Advisory 1776 Commission, and he is currently a senior academic advisor for America250 projects. Also a faithful Catholic, father of two, and longtime Knight of Columbus, Spalding breaks down why Catholics — or anyone — should care about “America 250.”
Spalding explains how the foundational principles that animate the Declaration of Independence come from the natural law. Anatalio asks Spalding about his recent award-winning book, The Making of the American Mind: The Making of Our Declaration of Independence, and how breaking down the Declaration line-by-line can offer important points of reflection for Catholics 250 years later.
They reflect together on the universality and timelessness of these “self-evident” truths and agree that listeners should avoid separating things like Catholicism, natural law, and politics, but rather pursue the one, undying truth.
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