Coadjutor Bishop Cirilo Flores of the Diocese of San Diego published a statement in the San Diego Union Tribune Today. His op-ed, entitled, “Death Penalty Is Not Justice,” explains that Catholic bishops oppose the...
Read MoreI thought it more than a little strange when one of my teachers at Notre Dame confessed that she regularly read the obituaries in the local newspaper, often before anything else. It was an indulgence in her “maudlin Irish...
Read MoreMicheal Sean Winters has directed us to a new survey by the Public Religion Research Institute on the Millennials. In part because these are the students we teach, there is a treasure-trove of information for us in the report. ...
Read MoreAbortion. Illegal immigration. I think a knee jerk reaction with these two highly volatile issues in the upcoming US election is to categorize them as: Abortion: Catholic position = Pro-life = Conservative = Republican Illegal...
Read MoreThere has been a lot of discussion this week about the morality of the Ryan Budget. Since Paul Ryan’s statement on subsidiarity, the media and blogs have been full of posts either supporting or correcting Paul...
Read MoreThe Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) is an association of the leaders of congregations of Catholic women religious in the United States. Their mission statement succinctly describes their work: The purpose of the...
Read MoreIt isn’t every day that one gets to be in the presence of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, but I was privileged to have this experience today. In the program book for today’s talk, “Cultivating Peace and Justice,” which is part...
Read Moreis not to be found in the arguments (bickering, perhaps?) of online groups in the US during election season. It is rather to be found in the fact that Westerners simply overlook violence done to Christians outside that context....
Read MoreRep. Paul Ryan recently claimed that his GOP budget proposal is consistent with Catholic social teaching. In response, more than 60 Catholic theologians, philosophers, ethicists, sisters, and priests (some of whom are regular...
Read MoreCmt.com blogger Charlie Camosy’s new book, Peter Singer and Christian Ethics: Beyond Polarization, was released this week in the U.K. and will soon be available in the U.S. If you are a fan of this blog, and share our...
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