In her recent post, Jana Bennett engaged an op/ed piece on the Wall Street Journal’s website that critiqued those, especially the bishops, who failed to recognize the Catholic dimension of Ryan’s budget proposal. Jana critiqued...
Read MoreThe Obama/Biden ticket got an unexpected gift today from a solid member of the GOP pro-life establishment. Instead of discussing the topics discussed at the town hall meeting that Romney and Ryan did at St. Anselm’s...
Read MoreJos 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b Ps 34:2-3, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21 Eph 5:21-32 Jn 6:60-69 One of foundational anthropological points of the Catholic faith is that we are truth-seeking creatures. Our intellect is made for truth, and we...
Read MoreI know that a current popular notion is that the bishops have no special or particular authority to say anything about economic policy or justice because they’re not economists. Only economists apparently have the right...
Read MoreAs our readers know, I frequently write concerning the real meaning of subsidiarity and emphatically in support of Bishop Blaire’s statements for protecting poverty programs, especially SNAP. The most common response I receive...
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