On “Tender Age” Shelters, Internment, and Concentration Camps
I want to tell you a story. It is a story about a current national shame, uncertain theological...
Read Moreby Miguel J Romero | Jun 25, 2018 | Current Events | 0 |
I want to tell you a story. It is a story about a current national shame, uncertain theological...
Read Moreby Tobias Winright | Nov 10, 2016 | Current Events | 2 |
This post hopefully builds on or piggybacks Beth Haile’s “Where Do We Go From Here?” posted on November 8th here at Catholic Moral Theology. By “we” I am referring to my fellow Roman Catholics and...
Read Moreby Jana Bennett | Oct 14, 2016 | Current Events | 0 |
A few of our readers have asked us to weigh in on voting and abortion – Do Catholics have...
Read Moreby Julie Rubio | Nov 25, 2012 | Current Events | 5 |
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, my family went to see Spielberg’s Lincoln. It is a wonderful movie that reminds us of how good and important politics can be, but it also raises some hard questions for Catholics. According...
Read Moreby Julie Rubio | Oct 15, 2012 | Current Events, From the Field | 17 |
The recently released, “On All of Our Shoulders,” which criticizes VP candidate Paul Ryan’s use of Catholic Social Teaching, was signed by over 150 Catholic theologians. While I disagree with critics who...
Read Moreby Jessica Wrobleski | Sep 7, 2012 | Current Events | 2 |
“We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which asks only what’s in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without...
Read Moreby David Cloutier | Sep 5, 2012 | American Politics, Classic Posts, Current Events | 0 |
Generating facebook buzz is a video played at the Democratic National Convention, headlined by the memorable tag “government is the only thing we all belong to.” A simple message of civic inclusiveness and unity, desperately...
Read Moreby David Cloutier | Aug 3, 2012 | Current Events | 0 |
See below for Charlie’s entry into the endless debates between American Catholic neo-conservatives and the actual teachings and actions of the American bishops. Perhaps it would be helpful to put into perspective what a...
Read Moreby David Cloutier | Jul 27, 2012 | American Politics, Classic Posts, Current Events | 1 |
The political problem for Catholics in America is sometimes characterized in terms of a “checklist” of positions, which do not properly align with the positions of either major party. I don’t think this is the real problem. The...
Read Moreby David Cloutier | May 25, 2012 | Current Events | 4 |
(A guest post from Kelly Johnson, associate professor in the theology department at University of Dayton. Kelly would like to thank Todd Whitmore, Jana Bennett, and David Cloutier for helpful conversations on the topic.) In...
Read Moreby Dana Dillon | Apr 27, 2012 | Current Events | 1 |
I hope that title got your attention. I also hope that we can laugh about it a little, and also talk about how serious it is. I found myself today fondly recalling the hilarious description in Growing Up Catholic of the moral...
Read Moreby Patrick Clark | Apr 5, 2012 | Current Events, From the Field | 2 |
This Friday marks the fourth installment of the “Faithful Citizenship Friday” series focusing on the 2007 USCCB document Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship (FC). Jana kicked off the series with a very clear summary of...
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