Why 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 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 MoreFifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), July 10, 2011: Isaiah 55:10-11; Psalm 65:10-14; Romans 8:18-23; Matthew 13:1-23 The readings for today bring back memories of my childhood on a small farm in northwest Ohio. Each year,...
Read MoreKenneth R. Himes, O.F.M., in his article, “Intervention, Just War, and U.S. National Security,” which appeared in Theological Studies 65 (2004): 141-157, observed: “As has often been the case with jus in bello deliberations, the...
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