A 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...
Read MoreActs 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48 Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4 1 Jn 4:7-10 Jn 15:9-17 What is love? Our post-Easter readings have taken us through the winding discourses of the Johannine Gospel and first epistle on the nature of love. This...
Read MoreNo, no. I’m not referring to a cleverly-worded smack down of Republican tax-plans. I’m talking about turning the preferential option on its head–at least as it is traditionally understood. Why do Christians...
Read MoreThis post is part of CatholicMoralTheology.com’s commentary on the Catechism, Part III, Section One, Chapter Two (topics from the Compendium of Social Teaching), topic six “The Family. In Catholic Social Teaching,...
Read MoreAnyone who has had even periodic exposure to the editorial pages of American newspapers or the expert panels of Sunday-morning news shows has probably heard Paul Krugman speak about the government’s proper role amid...
Read MoreAbout a year ago I asked a similar question when former Chicago Bear Dave Duerson killed himself. Today, we learn that a person who has also likely developed brain injuries as a result of playing American football, the...
Read MoreIf our readers are discouraged by the slow pace of posting here, it’s not that there aren’t plenty of interesting things going on. For example, a WaPo editorial trying to make a case for capital punishment in Norway....
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