The debate the Catholic Church in particular and our society in general should be having concerning whether two persons in love with one another and who possess a homosexual orientation should marry was, for a brief, shining...
Read MoreCourtesy of Meghan Clark – Thanks, Meg! Acts 2: 1-11 Ps 104:1, 24,29-30,31,34 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Gal 5:16-25 Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15 My notion of Pentecost was forever changed eight years ago when I...
Read MoreDavid Cloutier’s post on the legalization of civil marriage for same sex couples rightly raises the question of whether opposition to civil marriage for same sex couples can be grounded by reasons that are both intelligible and...
Read MoreThe dust-up over the “Doctrinal Assessment of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious” by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) provides an opportune moment to consider deeper questions about the nature and...
Read MoreThe 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...
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