Pope John Paul II reaffirmed traditional Catholic moral teaching in his 1993 encyclical Veritatis Splendor. In particular, he rejected consequentialism and its close cousin, proportionalism, as incompatible with orthodox Catholic morality. It is worthwhile to consider […]
The Gospel account of Jesus walking on water is an extraordinary story. How could a sophisticate like you believe in such a thing? I believe the account because my First Communion Catechism taught me to […]
“Visualize World Peace.” It’s a noble sentiment, but Original Sin often gets in the way of our imaginings. Rather, let’s imagine political parties that seek healthy bipartisanship serving the common good. But the troubles in […]
Most Catholic schoolboys study Christian heresies with philosophical rigor, carefully parsing their genesis and implications. However, it may take decades and even centuries to observe the pernicious consequences of violations of Catholic orthodoxy. Most of […]
Jesus makes it clear that there is a distinct relationship between love, keeping His commandments, and bearing fruit. God’s law, authentic Christian love, and life in abundance are inseparable. The unity helps us reject popular […]
God created man—male and female—in His own image and likeness. Indeed, all of creation carries the Divine imprint. After the Fall, the Devil exploited man’s sin to deface God’s image and likeness in creation through […]
In the prescient 1980s BBC comedy series Yes, Prime Minister, Prime Minister Jim Hacker must choose the next Anglican bishop of Bury St. Edmunds. His choice is between an atheist and a socialist. The prime […]
In our highly politicized culture, sin is rarely discussed as a violation of God’s law. Even more rarely do we acknowledge sinful inclinations as the interior sources of sinful acts. Instead, we often reduce moral […]
Editor’s note: This essay was posted originally at CWR on July 3, 2022. “Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.” (Col. 3:21) The relationship between the preconciliar and postconciliar forms of Mass […]
Every person, from king to commoner, lives by a moral code. Catholic moral theology is grounded in the Ten Commandments and the principles of Natural Law. The law of the jungle, by contrast, rests on […]
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