Reflections on the readings for June 5, 2011 Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47; Eph 1:17-23; Mt 28:16-20 -or- Seventh Sunday of Easter Acts 1:12-14; Ps 27; 1 Pt 4:13-16; Jn 17:1-11a Whether your Sunday...
Read MoreReflections on the readings for May 29, 2011 (Sixth Sunday of Easter) So what’s the big deal about the Holy Spirit? In this week’s first reading, we see Peter and John being sent to Samaria so that the people there,...
Read MoreThe general conclusion of the recent John Jay College report, The Causes and Context of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests in the United States, 1950-2010, was No single “cause” of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic...
Read MoreOn Monday, the Supreme Court ordered the state of California to reduce its prisoner population because of severe overcrowding. In a 5-4 decision, Justice Anthony Kennedy explained that the state’s failure to meet...
Read MoreThere is much more to say about this past week’s amazing events at Oxford than I can fit into this blog post, and I will try to do so in a more systematic way once I’ve had some more time to think about everything. ...
Read MoreA timeline of events: April 5, 2011 – Paul Ryan’s budget is submitted to the House Budget Committee. April 29, 2011 – Congressman Ryan writes a letter about his budget/fiscal ideas to Archbishop Dolan, partly...
Read MoreI’m betting not, but I’m a believer in “no one knows the day or the hour,” so I’ll acknowledge the possibility. But, in case you’ve missed it, the Christian radio network Family Radio...
Read MoreOver at the Faith in Public Life blog, recent entries (like this one on Rick Santorum and torture) manifest a new, interesting rhetorical strategy: to take the language of “pro-life” away from the abortion issue, and apply it...
Read MoreReflections for May 22, 2011 We are good at labels: conservative versus liberal, red state versus blue state, pro-life versus pro-choice. These labels are often reductive and lacking nuance, and even more often, such labels...
Read MoreLater today I get a on flight to the UK for one of those events that come around once in a lifetime. The McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics and Public Policy at Christ Church, Oxford is putting on a historic conference this...
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