Lectionary 80 Is 43:18-19, 21-22, 24b-25 Ps 41:2-3, 4-5, 13-14 2 Cor 1:18-22 Mk 2:1-12 The gospel reading for this week challenges us to see faith as something more than an individual act of belief. The Catechism tells us that...
Read MoreIt is no secret that the medical establishment will do things that push the boundaries of ethics in order to get more organs. From the Harvard Brain Death Commission claiming that living human bodies with homeostasis can be...
Read MoreWord that the bishops are rejecting the Obama administration compromise on the HHS mandate means further conversations. DotCommonweal has a great update, but the comment thread made me think that before we Catholics devolve into...
Read MoreYesterday, President Obama announced changes to the HHS mandate requiring every employer to cover contraceptives (including early abortifacients) and sterilization. The White House is doing its best to spin this as a victory...
Read MoreToday’s announcement from the White House perhaps offers a compromise in the complexities of church/state relations. I am sure that there will continue to be responses to this new move in the days to come, but initially it...
Read MoreI feel very fortunate to have been able to attend today’s event organized by the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics and Public Life and the Chatham House. From the letter of invitation: “The end of the Cold War renewed...
Read More1 in 6 Americans are living at or below the poverty line, 1 in 5 children. What does that mean? Here’s the new video from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the anti-poverty campaign of the United States...
Read MoreGail Collins and David Brooks have a very illuminating exchange on the ongoing controversy over the contraception mandate. Brooks is, as you might expect, rather astonished at the “absolutist” stance taken by the Obama...
Read MoreOf interest to our readers: The Theology Graduate Student Association of Boston College, in partnership with the Church in the 21st Century Center and ICMICA/Pax Romana, will be hosting a conference entitled, “Visions of...
Read MoreCompendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, Chapter 7 Once I assigned chapter seven of the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church to an upper level theology class. After reading it and taking a quiz, one of my...
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