What would Jacques Maritain think of the world today?

31 December 2025, The Tablet

In pursuit of the common good: Jacques Maritain during a visit to the Vatican in 1965

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What would Jacques Maritain think of the state of Europe and the world today?

How would the state of Europe and the world at the beginning of 2026 appear to the French Catholic philosopher who argued for a renewal of democracy based on human rights, the inalienable dignity of the human person, and the Thomist notion of caritas?

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