As has been widely suspected by those who follow such things, the former Archbishop of Denver, Charles Chaput, was officially announced today as the new leader of a troubled bastion of American Catholicism, the archdiocese of...
Read MoreWhy do we have a tab/category on “Lectionary”? This category includes reflections by moral theologians on weekly lectionary readings and/or on the liturgy–with particular attention to moral dimensions to or...
Read MoreAs the White House and Congressional leaders continue to debate about how to avert a national debt disaster, religious leaders in the US, including several thousand pastors and a number of Catholic social justice activists and...
Read MoreIn the desert of East Africa, between Somalia and Kenya lies the Dadaab Refugee Camp. Built to house 90,000 refugees, its population has currently swollen to about 400,000 people in and around the camp. The combination of...
Read MoreActually, a guest musing by MT Dávila, (Ph.D., Boston College), Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics, Andover Newton Theological School: Four years ago, when I first put down Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, I cried. I...
Read MoreI recently came across an interesting perspective on political virtue presented by Phillip Blond in his book, Red Tory: How the Left and the Right Have Broken Britain and How We Can Fix It (London: Faber and Faber, 2010). Blond...
Read MoreWhy would it be bad for me to spend more money this year than I take in? The answer to this question is that, obviously, at some point, a bill collector will come and insist that I pay up… or else. But in the shorter...
Read MoreWisdom 12: 13, 16-19 Psalm 85 Romans 8: 26-27 Matthew 13: 24-43 Sometimes a consistent theme jumps out at the reader/hearer from the week’s lectionary readings for Mass. Other times it takes a bit of thought and delving...
Read MoreIn anticipation of this Friday’s opening of the final Harry Potter film, I’ve just re-watched the seventh film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1. It reminded me, yet again, why I love this series and why I think it...
Read MoreSheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona is once again gracing media headlines, first for announcing last week that he was going to use chain gangs of DUI offenders to pick up trash outside of Chase Field during the MLB...
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