Elizabeth Scalia
It’s not about sex. Sex abuse and rape are always about asserting power and dominance and control. (H/T) And it is always evil. Today, despite his hospital treatment, Jean Paul still bleeds when he walks. Like many victims, the wounds are such that he’s supposed to restrict his diet to soft foods such as bananas, [...]
Matt Emerson’s piece this week looks at the horrifying ordeal of the Petit family, and ponders what faith provides when pure evil breaks into our lives. If you need a refresher, this is the story: The terror began after two long-time criminals, Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky, broke into the Petit home. After finding Dr. [...]
It occurs to me, reading these two columns that they speak to each other, in a way. First, theologian Tim Muldoon’s consideration of the social mindsets and cultural understandings that would have to accompany a national repugnance toward abortion: These strong women would understand that in other nations where women have recourse to abortion, they [...]
Elizabeth Scalia is a Benedictine Oblate and the Managing Editor of the Catholic Portal at Patheos. She is a writer, speaker and a regularly-featured columnist at First Things and at The Catholic Answer. Look for her book, Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life to be released in 2013, via Ave Maria Press.
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