I just discovered this website that the USCCB put together. In a way, it looks like it is the Catholic type of “Focus on the Family” but focusing mainly on marriage. I have not perused the entire site, but it looks good. Read more
I just discovered this website that the USCCB put together. In a way, it looks like it is the Catholic type of “Focus on the Family” but focusing mainly on marriage. I have not perused the entire site, but it looks good. Read more
The obedience, affection and common mission binding the Society of Jesus to the pope are solid, unchanging and the reason why differences can be so painful, said the new superior general of the Jesuits. Father Adolfo Nicolas, elected Jan. 19 to head the world’s largest Catholic men’s order, told reporters, “The Society of Jesus has always been, from the beginning, and always will be in communion with the Holy Father, and we are happy to be so.” Meeting journalists Jan.... Read more
In regards to my post below on how the GOP has successfully duped Catholics to vote Pro-Life: There is a tendency, as evidenced by comments in that thread, to reduce political action to a choice between parties. One either sides with the Democrats or the Republicans. I will not deny that the Democrats have a rotten understanding of the human person, which tends to reflect in their advocacy of policy detrimental to the family–although, I think the danger is utilitarianism... Read more
In its response to the Call for Civility described in MZ’s post, the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute issued a terse statement condemning the initiative. This underpins their objection: “Some ask for civility now for one reason, abortion. John Paul the Great called abortion the greatest civil rights issue of our time and the US Conference of Catholic Bishops recently called it the number one political issue of our time. Embryo-destructive research, and homosexual marriage follow right behind, though... Read more
Interesting article about St. Louis University’s Basketball coach who made pro-abortion statements and the Bishop of Saint Louis placing pressure on the school to do something about it. Thoughts? Read more
The Washington Post published an op-ed recently that resonates deeply. It is written by a husband and wife, a former Commonweal contributor and current doctoral candidate at Catholic University (Liz McCloskey), and the former general counsel of the Catholic Health Association (Peter Leibold). They lament the choices for Catholics in this particular political season, with the Democratic Party’s abortion absolutism and the Republican party’s hardening on culture of death issues. They write: (more…) Read more
There has been some coverage of a group of Catholics replying to a document promulgated by Catholics in Alliance For the Common Good. The principles they outline are as follows with my commentary bracketed: (more…) Read more
There has been some coverage of a group of Catholics replying to a document promulgated by Catholics in Alliance For the Common Good. The principles they outline are as follows with my commentary bracketed: (more…) Read more
What happens when a monster comes out of nowhere and interferes in the life of yuppies in New York City? They act stupid and die. That is the lesson one learns from the movie Cloverfield. (more…) Read more
“A living heritage picnics on the graves of its ancestors. That is no trespass, but is instead an act of loving continuity with the past. And the successful inhabitation of a place requires transmitting the intimacy of that fidelity, not in ‘still life’ to strangers, but across generations within the ties that bind. Those ties that bind – buttressed by a natural effect for survival under conditions of hardship and scarcity – form the only existential context within which the... Read more
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