By a narrow 5-4 majority, the Supreme Court today upheld the main provisions of the Affordable Care Act. The New York Times headline, “Health Law Stands” is likely to receive the bulk of the coverage. The decision hinged on Chief Justice John Roberts siding in part with the liberal justices. It is the “in part” that has enormous import. Much of the debate Read more
Matthew A. Shadle is Associate Professor of Moral Theology at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. On Monday, the Supreme Court, by a 5-3 vote, overturned three of the four major provisions of Arizona’s 2010 immigration law (“SB 1070”). These three provisions, according to the court’s majority opinion, either went beyond federal immigration policy or interfered with the federal government’s discretionary enforcement of Read more
The Fortnight for Freedom has begun and I would like to draw our readers attention to the activities of Occupy Catholics in NY. On June 21st, a group of Occupy Catholics held an event on the steps of St. Patrick’s Cathedral to engage in prayer, reflection, and as is the custom in the Occupy Movement – hold a general assembly. Beginning at Read more
Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24 Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11, 12, 13 2 Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15 Mk 5:21-43 Christians have a lot of norms–things we are supposed to do and not do. It would be easy to see Christianity as a legalistic religion, and indeed, it does sometime descend into one. But Christianity can avoid legalism without sacrificing the importance of norms by Read more
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Isaiah 49:1-6 Psalm 139:1-3, 13-15 Acts 13:22-26 Luke 1:57-66, 80 As a child, when I heard the story of the birth of John the Baptist, I imagined it as the beginning of a hero story, like Bruce Wayne losing his parents and Clark Kent (Kal-El) being sent away from Krypton. It seemed the beginning of something amazing. Of course it is, but, Read more
This post is part of CatholicMoralTheology.com’s commentary on The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, Chapter Four, Section Six: The Principle of Solidarity. While the term “solidarity” is relatively new, emerging in the last century within the documents of Catholic social teaching (adopted from the labor movements of Europe), the idea of solidarity is well rooted in the earliest of Read more
The comment thread on our recent post about the bishops’ plans to write an economic pastoral brings up a confusion that plagues current Catholic discourse. This post is meant to offer some clarification of terms, so as to improve the conversation. (It is NOT an extended scholarly treatise on the history and nuance of the terms. What I am looking to do Read more
This post is part of CatholicMoralTheology.com’s commentary on the Catechism of the Catholic Church: Part Three, Section One, Chapter One, Article Eight (nos. 1846-1876). In the Catholic tradition, sin is described as a stain or contagion, an interior disposition of selfishness, a disordered heart, a misguided will, an external act that violates a law or rule, a rejection of God, a power Read more
The meme of “the 99% vs. the 1%” has now become part of our general public discourse. One can scarcely turn on the news without hearing it referenced in some way. But who are the 1%? Happily, it turns out that it probably isn’t us. According to the Tax Policy Center, the 1% are people who make over $516,633. The rest of Read more
Saturday Morning: 8:00 am
Saturday Vigil: 4:30 pm
Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:45 am,
12:30 pm, 5:30 pm
Saturday Vigil: 6:15pm
Sunday: 9:00am, 7:15pm
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 8:30 am
