Last week, at the London Summit on Family Planning, Melinda Gates announced $560 million for contraception from the Gates Foundation. Her hope is that by providing contraception to very poor women, deaths from complications...
Read MoreThis week has seen a major milestone in International Law and Human Rights with the ICC’s first conviction. Thomas Lubanga, who recruited and used child soldiers was sentenced to 14 years for Congo war crimes. An indepth...
Read MoreOne thing moral theologians might contribute to our political discourse is pushing it to address problems in less simplistic ways. Much coverage has been devoted to the “fiscal cliff” set up for next year by the expiration of...
Read MoreAmos 7:12-15 Psalm 85 Ephesians 1:3-14 Mark 6:7-13 I have long been fascinated by the complex relationship between human actions and God’s grace. At the heart of the mysterious interaction between God’s grace and...
Read MoreFor most readers, it’s hot out there. Currently, the Washington Post Capital Weather Gang blog is on watch to see if today will be the hottest day in DC history (currently at 104)… it is already the tenth day in a row over 95...
Read MoreExcitement abounds as the US firms up its Olympic teams and we all gear up for the London 2012 Olympics. Last week was packed – swimming, gymnastics and track & field all held their Olympic trials. Track and Field is...
Read MoreWhen going over its discussion of the Fifth Commandment it is worth noting just how many different kinds of things the Catechism understands are related to God’s command to refrain from killing. The first set of topics is...
Read MoreReadings: Ezekiel 2:2—5 Psalm 123:1—4 2 Corinthians 12:7—10 Mark 6:1—6 For most of us, the Fourth of July was acknowledged liturgically last Sunday, with perhaps a patriotic hymn of some sort (in my case, The Battle Hymn...
Read MoreThe idea of “gluttony” is not taken seriously in our contemporary culture. Even reading or hearing word seems to conjure up a time and context that has passed us by. Today, instead of invoking the judgmental...
Read MoreBy 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...
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