Many people today find it obvious that what’s good is getting what we want, justice is getting it equally, and social justice is an overall system that promotes those goals in every setting. If you […]
Over the weekend Pope Benedict met with the group of US bishops in Rome for their ad limina visit, and delivered an address on Catholic higher education. “It is no exaggeration to say that providing […]
At a news conference on Friday, May 4, 2012, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia announced that “the work of the special team investigating the 26 priests publicly placed on leave by Cardinal Rigali last year […]
The law schools of Seattle University and (my old alma mater) Gonzaga University recently were “bronze sponsors” for the 2012 Annual Banquet of QLaw, the GLBT Bar Association of Washington. According to the Seattle PI, […]
From the Irish Central site: Fr Vincent Twomey told Irish television that Brady has lost the confidence of his flock after failing to report Fr Brendan Smyth’s abuse to the authorities after a 1975 investigation. The […]
From “The Caucus” blog on the New York Times site: Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said on Sunday that he was “comfortable” with same-sex marriages, a position that appeared to go beyond the “evolving” views that […]
Yesterday’s edition of MinnPost.com has an interview with Sister Bridget McDonald, a nearly 80-year-old sister who (along with two biological sisters) is a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. The interview, about the […]
Georgetown University yesterday announced the speakers who will be honored at the institution’s several commencement ceremonies this year. Buried deep in the list is the speaker who will deliver the GU Public Policy Institute’s commencement […]
Our Sunday Visitor (OSV) marks its hundredth anniversary this weekend: On Saturday, Our Sunday Visitor will celebrate the centennial of the first issue of its now-nationwide Catholic newspaper, “Our Sunday Visitor Newsweekly,” with a free […]
From a recently posted Homiletic & Pastoral Review article, “Positive Psychology and Pastoral Practice”, by Dr. Christopher Kaczor: Are psychology and religion fundamentally incompatible? Certainly, some forms of psychology are inconsistent with Christianity, as Paul […]
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