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Three questions for Catholic opponents of capital punishment

October 7, 2020 Dr. Edward Feser 178

Editor’s note: This essay was originally posted on September 15, 2019. It is reposted in light of new statements by Pope Francis, in the encyclical Fratelli tutti, that, “Today we state clearly that ‘the death […]

'Red Vineyards at Arles' (1888) by Vincent Van Gogh (www.wikiart.org)
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God’s goodness and the laborers in the vineyard

September 18, 2020 Carl E. Olson 1

On the Readings for Sunday, September 24, 2017 […]

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Lazarus, the Rich Man, and the Sin of Pride

September 27, 2019 Carl E. Olson 3

Readings: • Am 6:1a, 4-7 • Ps 146:7, 8-9, 9-10 • 1 Tm 6:11-16 • Lk 16:19-31 As we hear the various parables from the Gospel of Luke it is good to keep two things […]

Essay

The Crisis Behind the Crisis of Faith in the Real Presence

September 20, 2019 Douglas Bushman 25

Not too long ago, I had occasion to observe in a piece for Catholic World Report (CWR) that a series of previous articles on the Brebeuf Jesuit controversy in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis were conspicuous […]

Analysis

Thoughts on five problematic passages in the Synod’s Final Document

October 30, 2018 Fr Nicholas Gregoris 17

While all sensible and faithful Catholics ought to be grateful that the worst fears of many about the Synod were not realized, there are still several elements of the Final Document that require comment and […]

Capital Punishment and the Catechism: A Symposium

Capital Punishment and the Catechism: A CWR Symposium

August 18, 2018 Carl E. Olson 5

Six Catholic scholars and commentators reflect on the Holy Father’s recent and controversial revision to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. […]

General

On human dignity and the death penalty

August 16, 2018 James V. Schall, S.J. 2

Whether human dignity is upheld if we allow no executions remains an open question. As Plato intimated, a case for the execution of certain criminals […]

General

The death penalty debate and the Church’s magisterium

August 16, 2018 Edward N. Peters 21

I regard the liceity of the death penalty as having been established with infallible certitude by the Church’s ordinary magisterium. […]

General

Development, not deviation: Evaluating Francis’ modification on the death penalty

August 16, 2018 Thomas J. Nash 3

We can reaffirm that state executions are not intrinsically evil, even while we join Pope Francis in working toward the abolition of their social application. […]

General

Capital punishment: Intrinsically evil or morally permissible?

August 16, 2018 Joseph G. Trabbic 3

What we appear to have on our hands is a case of interpretive undecidability. […]

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