In the tempest of this final week of the 2024 election, the words of St. Paul that the U.S. Catholic bishops cite in their statement Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship are sweet music to my ears…
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This book review is scheduled to appear in the June 2020 issue of The Journal of Moral Theology....
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I try and hope to avoid hearing the word “urgent” in my daily life. After all, I...
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In an early commentary on Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’, my friend Kevin Ahern...
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When a Pope names himself after the most famous animal-lover of all time, and then chooses to...
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Much of the commentary about Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’, both before and after...
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The following is a guest post from Ian Jones, doctoral candidate at Fordham University. His...
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Cardinal Peter Turkson recently gave a lecture in Ireland that, as Michael Peppard expertly...
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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.
Read MoreToday is the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron of ecology and traditionally associated with a strikingly high regard of non-human creation. How fitting it would have been to celebrate with a freshly minted copy of our own...
Read MoreLike the head of the Anglican communion before him, Pope Benedict XVI has stepped down from his post as chief shepherd of his flock. The stories, both yesterday and today, have focused much of their time on his...
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