The following is a guest post by Jim Caccamo of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA. The past year has seen a lot of attention paid toward labor issues in the mainstream...
Read MoreThis Friday marks the fourth installment of the “Faithful Citizenship Friday” series focusing on the 2007 USCCB document Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship (FC). Jana kicked off the series with a very clear summary of...
Read MoreIn response to the controversial mandate from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, on March 27th some religious leaders in Missouri, along with many church members, held a Rally for Religious Liberty at the capitol...
Read MoreThe summit of the liturgical year is now upon us, as we celebrate the passion, death and resurrection of Our Lord. This year’s Gospel reading for Easter Sunday is from John, and as is often the case with the fourth gospel, it is...
Read MoreThe following entry is cross-posted with the Patheos.com book club discussion on the text. Holy Week is an appropriate time to turn our minds and hearts to the contemplation of the end of all things – to eschatology – as Matthew...
Read MoreWesley Smith, whose ‘Secondhand Smoke’ blog is important reading (especially for those interested in bioethics), gets a lot right–especially when it comes to his concern about euthanasia. His books on that...
Read MoreIn Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, the US Bishops state: In the Catholic Tradition, responsible citizenship is a virtue, and participation in political life is a moral obligation. This obligation is rooted in our...
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The United Farm Workers and Cesar Chavez have been in the news a lot in the...
Read MoreIs 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9,17-18,19-20,23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mk 14:1 – 15:47 Following each Palm Sunday, I find my thoughts and prayer lingering on one moment in the narrative of the Passion. Some years I am at the tomb with the stone...
Read MoreA recent piece at National Review Online by Dorinda Borlee, Nicholas Nikas and Mark Rienzi brings into the light a very alarming new wrinkle associated with the minimum coverage provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable...
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