Mal 3:1-4 Ps 24:7, 8, 9, 10 Heb 2:14-18 Lk 2:22-40 What does it mean to pray “thy kingdom come,” as Catholics and other Christians do on a daily basis? To be quite honest, when I pray this and actually think about...
Read MoreThe Wall Street Journal ran dueling op-eds last week marking the 50th anniversary of Johnson’s “War on Poverty.” In “Building on the Success of the War on Poverty,” Senator Cory Booker laments a...
Read MoreOn Wednesday, the White House Council on Women and Girls released a report, ” RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT: A RENEWED CALL TO ACTION.” Wading through the sobering reality exposed by this report, one thing is crystal clear...
Read MoreIsaiah 8:23-9:3 Psalm 27 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17 Matthew 4:12-23 Both Isaiah and Matthew begin with a reference to the lands of Zebulun and Naphtali, and the road to the West of the Jordan river near Galilee. And I admit I...
Read MoreFor many of us in the world of Catholic moral theology, our thoughts and attention turn to Washington, DC, each January 22, as thousands upon thousands of people converge upon our nation’s capitol to March for Life. Many...
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Ethicists and moral theologians spend a lot of time trying to convince Americans that they should...
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A standard trope against mobile technologies and social media is that they are isolating, cutting...
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As people gather in the nation’s capital to march in support of life this week, I encourage all who read this to consider participating in a vigil—even if it is only a few moments at your kitchen tap—to pray for what may become one of the world’s most important “life issues” in years to come: the availability of clean water.
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I love the SCE. It is my favorite conference of the year, and I always look forward to attending....
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Over at NCR, Joshua McElwee reported this week that two groups of German theologians answered the...
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