Can Catholics Have Worthwhile Disagreements Well? Two Case Studies
Both my undergraduate and graduate institutions prepared me, in different ways, to see that the...
Read Moreby David Cloutier | Jul 29, 2019 | Current Events | 0
Both my undergraduate and graduate institutions prepared me, in different ways, to see that the...
Read Moreby Jana Bennett | Jul 24, 2019 | Current Events | 0
Genesis 18:20-32Colossians 2:12-14Luke 11:1-13 One of the occasional debates in moral theology is the connection between prayer and ethics. In a classic essay, L. Edward Phillips identified three ways Christians typically see...
Read Moreby Kelly Johnson | Jul 23, 2019 | American Politics, Current Events, Ecclesial Politics, The Environment | 0
“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to...
Read Moreby Conor Kelly | Jul 22, 2019 | Current Events | 0
In recent days, much has been made of the president’s horrific suggestion (via Twitter, of course)...
Read Moreby Emily Reimer-Barry | Jul 13, 2019 | Current Events | 0
In Disney’s Toy Story 4, Bonnie creates a new toy named Forky at her kindergarten orientation day. Woody and the rest of the gang realize how important Forky is to Bonnie, and team up to teach Forky what it means to be loved....
Read Moreby Charles Camosy | Jun 21, 2019 | Current Events | 0
This is a guest post from Justin Menno, PhD in theology from the University of Dayton, and instructor at Catholic Central High School in Grand Rapids, MI. Three weeks ago, on May 28, 2019, the Supreme Court issued an important...
Read Moreby Tobias Winright | Jun 18, 2019 | Current Events, Laudato Si, Pope Francis, The Environment | 0
Four years ago today, Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’ was published. Its message is as urgent...
Read Moreby Emily Reimer-Barry | Jun 10, 2019 | Current Events | 0
SPOILER ALERT. I will refer to plot points within the book and film in this post, so if you want to read/watch without spoilers first, be warned. Also, I do not intend in this post to claim that my interlocutors are Catholic...
Read Moreby Emily Reimer-Barry | Jun 9, 2019 | Current Events | 0
Last night, James F. Keenan, SJ, was awarded the John Courtney Murray Award by the Catholic Theological Society of America. Named for one of its early Board members who was a major theologian in the American Catholic Church, the...
Read Moreby Maria Morrow | Jun 2, 2019 | Current Events | 0
This image appears in the 1941 “My Sunday Missal Explained,” Confraternity of the Precious Blood (Brooklyn), original copyright 1938. (This was my grandmother’s missal.) As a cradle Catholic raised in the...
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