I 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...
Read MoreOver at America, Michael O’Loughlin has an interesting post on Paul Ryan’s home bishop – Bishop Robert Morlino, of Madison – coming out and saying that bishops should not comment one way or the other on the Ryan budget. Bishop...
Read MoreEarlier this week, a group of about 20 theologians gathered at the Connors Family Retreat Center in Dover, MA for a two-day meeting of the Catholic Conversation Project (CCP). The brain child of our very own Charlie Camosy...
Read MoreProverbs 9:1-6 Psalm 67: 2-3, 5, 6, 8 Ephesians 5:15-20 John 6:51-58 In his book, Becoming Friends, Paul Wadell tells a funny story about the theologian Stanley Hauerwas who was visiting Chicago to give a lecture in the...
Read MoreThe announcement of Representative Paul Ryan as the Republican VP nominee has energized Catholic conversation about the election. On this blog, Charlie Camosy said this election will now be much more substantive, while Jana...
Read MoreSo, the veep picks are: Paul Ryan for the Republicans, and Joe Biden for the Democrats. If anyone doubted that Catholics would be a focus for this election, that doubt should now be put to rest, for it has clearly come down to...
Read MoreIt was beginning to look like an election about nothing, but with the selection of Wisconsin’s Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney has made sure that this election will finally be about something. And that something...
Read More1 Kings 19:4-8 Psalm 34 Ephesians 4:30-5:2 John 6:41-51 My wife and I recently finished watching the first season of “Smash,” a television drama about the production of a Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe. (My...
Read MoreSee below for Charlie’s entry into the endless debates between American Catholic neo-conservatives and the actual teachings and actions of the American bishops. Perhaps it would be helpful to put into perspective what a...
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