A Brief History of Catholic Higher Education (From the Academy): “Whatever they are doing and wherever they are headed now, all modern Western universities trace their origins back to the medieval Catholic universities, beginning with Bologna, Paris, Oxford, and Salerno in the eleventh century.”
What the World Missed When the Pope Returned to St. Augustine’s Homeland (National Catholic Register): “When the Holy Father spoke in Algeria, he returned again and again to a simple theme: the search for God, the search for truth, and the dignity of every human person — echoing Augustine’s own restless search.”
Bookish Diversions: Anything Better than a Bookshop? (Miller’s Book Review): “Just a Great Big Post About the Wonderful World of Bookstores: Big Ones, Little Ones, Running One, and Why They Matter. Plus, I Introduce You to the Fantastic Mr. Barton.”
Saving a Lost Generation of Young Men – with Chop Caws (The New Yorker): “The College of St. Joseph the Worker, which combines the trades with a liberal-arts education, is trying to restore its students’ sense of their own competence, and to revive the city of Steubenville, Ohio, along the way.”
Confessions of an AI Skeptic: Part 1 (Spirit of Cecilia): “Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is all the rage these days. ‘It’s going to eliminate all of our jobs!!’ ‘It’s going to become more intelligent than humans!!!’ ‘It’s going to become sentient and turn into Skynet!!’ Pffffft. It’s not going to do any of those things. Not even close.”
A Time for Choosing or Politics as Normal? (The Fourth Watch): “The quandary for Catholics torn between the pope and the president lies in the point at stake: the justification of the Iran War.”
“Does Just War Doctrine Require Moral Certainty?”(First Things): “What has long been the standard teaching in the Catholic just war tradition is that the probability of a war’s being just is not good enough. The case for the justice of a proposed war must be morally certain.”
’60 Minutes’ accused of using Catholic cardinals to push liberal agenda while ignoring abortion stance (Fox News): “‘Liberal TV networks find organized religion useful only so much as it helps sell the liberal view,’ Tim Graham says.”
Carmelite sisters ask for prayers, donations after fire destroys retreat house (EWTN News): “The fire rendered one of the two retreat houses inoperable. Although the repair costs are not yet known, the severe damage requires the building to be rebuilt.”
John Quincy Adams, the Declaration, and America’s Christian Essence (Philanthropy Daily): “Adams’s Fourth of July oration is a particularly eloquent and forceful speech that adumbrates the relationship between liberal America and Christian America, and thus between two vitally important dates on the American calendar: July 4th and December 25th”
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A candid alternative title for The 60 Minutes article is this:
“Leftist-LBGTQ-Cardinals Accused of Collaborating with 60 Minutes Dress in Catholic Costumes to Push Liberal Agenda.”
@ Does Just War Doctrine Require Moral Certainty?
Dr Feser’s argument including the supporting views of Leo XIV are precisely correct. Correct, that is if we are living in the 19th century. Incorrect today in a world of high tech maneuverability and deception, and the ability to deliver an annihilating attack within mere minutes.
Feser does not adequately respond to the baseline question – whether today in a world entirely different in terms of technology and immediate destructive capacity – a nation has justification to remove that threat if the likelihood of such an attack is imminent. When that nation has repeatedly vowed its “death”, and acquires this capacity to annihilate it. That, regardless of a president Trump’s bloviating.
Fr. M:
I agree on the root problem with the case made by Ed Feser.
This is an extremely difficult situation with the Islamic Revolution Regime running Iran (which I will call the IRRI) as their national policy is a DECLARATION of a PERMANENT STATE OF WAR with the US and Israel.
My own conclusion is that the only just way to respond to them is an UNRELENTING NAVAL BLOCKADE and DESTRUCTION of EVERY VISIBLE MILITARY ASSET, and enabling armed insurrection inside Iran, until the IRR surrenders and agrees to completely disarm and defund their IRR Army of Hezbollah holding Lebanon hostage.
It appears Chris the Administration is going to pursue that strategy. Hopefully it will be expedient and with minimal casualties.
“… the Trump administration has made evident that it had no feasible plan to avoid plunging the world into entirely foreseeable economic chaos, has deliberately targeted civilian infrastructure, and even threatened that “a whole civilization will die” if demands are not met.
Some Catholics disagree with this peremptory judgment. But the more sober among them, while making a case for the war, acknowledge that the conflict is problematic. ”
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I guess it doesn’t make me “sober” but I don’t see the problem. I do see the risk & uncertainty but those don’t outweigh the gains so far.
Agree 100%
@ Does Just War Doctrine Require Moral Certainty?
Furthermore, insofar as cause and effect: A just cause should be tailored to a good effect. Although the resultant good or evil of the effect does not determine the validity or invalidity of the cause.
I disagree with the idea that “moral certainty” is a Just War Principle, because going to war is a PRUDENTIAL DECISION, which is forced upon men because of the uncertainties of the threats confronting them. To hold that one must have MORAL CERTAINTY is to remove the problem from the domain of prudential decision-making, and invite paralysis.