The Primacy of Forgiveness (Or, What the Pope’s Confessional has to do with the Synod Discussion of Conscience)
Following is a jointly-authored post from Jana Bennett and David Cloutier: Watching the Synod from...
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Catholic Marriage (Part 1): “An Essential Agent of Economic Life”
Every time I read a new article on the Synod of Bishops meeting on the family, I have to remind...
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Unless You Become as Little Children…
At a plenary session of the Synod of Bishops on Thursday, Fr. Manuel Dorantes recounted the...
Read MoreTwenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
IS 53:10-11 PS 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 HEB 4:14-16 MK 10:35-45 This week’s gospel seems obvious in its moral message. Our passage from Mark offers two main lessons. First, we have a lesson about the centrality of the cross in the...
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The Postcolonial Pope
A few years ago I wrote a piece here on the blog about why we need a postcolonial hagiography. I...
Read MoreSeeing My Country through the Eyes of Pope Francis
Speaking to Congress, Pope Francis offered his understanding of the American spirit. He revealed for us who we are in the core of our identity as a nation and challenged us to remember our own story. Identifying himself as “a...
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Grandma: A Missed Opportunity for Feminism on the Big Screen
If you haven’t seen the highly acclaimed film Grandma, starring Lily Tomlin and Julia Garner, you...
Read MoreWelcoming Pope Francis…From Nairobi
How does a Catholic moral theologian welcome Pope Francis to her country from across the globe? Since I am not in the US, I decided to Welcome the Holy Father by writing op-eds. I hope that you enjoy them. Over at Al Jazeera...
Read MoreTwenty Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
NM 11:25-29 PS 19:8, 10, 12-13, 14 JAS 5:1-6 MK 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 There is a famous “marshmallow experiment” conducted at Stanford during the early 70s that studied the ability of children to delay or defer gratification....
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Say “No” to Physician-Assisted Suicide
Late last week the California state legislature subverted their own rules by pushing through “The...
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