I admire people who would rather do good than feel good. Some such people become saints. Saint Teresa of Calcutta was an activist par excellence. She felt compassion for the poorest of the poor and weakest of the weak —…

Those not well acquainted with the Catholic Church may be surprised to learn this supremely hierarchical organization has as one of its most important structural principles the concept of subsidiarity. Here are a few passages from the Catechism of the…