The following is a guest post by Jim Caccamo of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA. His reflections on technology and ethics can be found regularly at his...
Read MorePresident Obama’s recent interview, in which he comes out in favor of same-sex marriage (SSM), provides the occasion for much reflection by Catholic moral theologians. This post will inaugurate a week-long series of posts by our...
Read MoreTwo recent articles regarding the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s Doctrinal Assessment of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious have struck me as expressing a particularly important sentiment of support...
Read MoreThis past Saturday was graduation for St. Vincent College. As is the tradition, there is a reception right outside of the building where graduation occurs so that faculty, students, and parents can mill about and say one last...
Read MoreThings just keep getting worse for the NFL. Instead of an off-season talking about draft picks and quarterback controversies (we have a hot one brewing in New York), ESPN is parading brain experts in front of the camera. Last...
Read MoreActs 1:1-11 Psalm 47 Ephesians 4:1-13 Mark 16:15-20 “until we all attain…to the extent of the full stature of Christ” (Eph 4:13). Yesterday my wife and I went to see the movie “The Avengers.” In...
Read MoreA Mother’s Day Reflection With its controversial cover picturing a hip, sexy mom breastfeeding a toddler, Time magazine fanned the fires of the “mommy wars.” That, along with yet another disappointing Mother’s Day...
Read MoreA recent piece by Phil Lawler raises some significant concerns about the role of the bishops in promoting the common good (I should note that I know and respect Mr. Lawler and should he read this post, I hope he will consider it...
Read MoreTo many of our readers, I realize I may appear to be obsessed with subsidiarity and food stamps (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program/SNAP). In the last year, I have written about a dozen blogs focused on poverty, with many...
Read MoreIn an editorial, “Sometimes the death penalty is warranted,” in the Washington Post, Charles Lane observes that Anders Breivik, who murdered 77 people in Norway on July 22, 2011, declared that the maximum possible...
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