The New York Times has recently drawn attention to Indiana Governor Mike Pence’s decision to initiate a needle-exchange program in the state last year in response to a growing HIV outbreak. Pence, the Republican...
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I wanted to write a few words about the recent revelations published in Mother Jones that “the...
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Last week, the Arizona Legislature passed a bill that would allow owners to refuse service to...
Read MoreWord that the bishops are rejecting the Obama administration compromise on the HHS mandate means further conversations. DotCommonweal has a great update, but the comment thread made me think that before we Catholics devolve into...
Read MorePlease see several responses added to Prof. Dillon’s initial thoughts which follow in the main text below. Vincent Miller recently wrote a great post at the America blog, raising some key questions about the recent HHS...
Read MoreJohn Berkman started this whole thing a few weeks ago by challenging us to rethink our relationship with the factory farming of non-human animals. I responded by fundamentally agreeing with his view while also detailing other...
Read MoreUpdate June 2013: For a longer and revised version of this post, go to: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236008418_Are_We_Addicted_to_the_Suffering_of_Animals_Animal_Cruelty_and_the_Catholic_Moral_Tradition?ev=prf_pub or...
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