Recently I attended a Catechist formation training day at a local diocesan training center and one of the keynote presenters was musician Steve Angrisano (www.steveangrisano.com). If you’ve never had the pleasure of attending one of his events or listening to...
Once again, the words of Pope Francis have been taken out of context to paint him as some kind of heretic. Once again, Where Peter Is shows up to clear the air. On November 28, 2022, America Magazine published the...
Preface: The Theological Ethics of Life, Synodality, and Untying Knots in Contemporary Moral Theology The recently published volume on Theological Ethics of Life: Scripture, Tradition and Practical Challenges by the Pontifical Academy for Life is the result of a workshop...
Are the Church’s positions on bioethical issues changing? How should we interpret the recent book published by the Pontifical Academy for Life, which reopens the debate on contraception and assisted reproduction? This is an interview conducted by Vida Nueva of...
It wasn’t until adulthood that I began to discover the breadth of Catholic social doctrine, a rich body of teaching that I’d somehow never been introduced to in all my years as a practicing Catholic. (The title of Mark Shea’s...
Today in a 6-3 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the United States Supreme Court overruled the decisions in Roe v. Wade (1973) and Casey v. Planned Parenthood (1992) and held that “The Constitution does not confer a...
It is not uncommon for middle-grade anesthetists to be overwhelmed by simultaneous calls upon their time, especially after hours. Thus it was in the early 1990s that I was busy in A&E (the accident and emergency department of my hospital)...
Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify In today’s new episode of Field Hospital, Jeannie Gaffigan and I are joined by Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago to talk about how Catholics should respond to the plague of gun violence in our society. In his statement following...
Cardinal-designate Robert W. McElroy, Bishop of San Diego, is not a man known for playing his cards close to his chest when it comes to his perspective on moral theology. He has been referred to “as a firebrand or as...
In the wake of the horrible massacre of innocent schoolchildren and their teachers today in Uvalde, Texas, Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich released a statement on Twitter in response to this unconscionable act of evil, only 10 days after another mass...
Since the news broke of the leaked draft of the decision in Roe v. Wade, I have been pleasantly surprised that many pro-lifers are expressing the notion that “the real work starts now.” The authors of these articles and social...
The “direct action” techniques associated with groups such as Operation Rescue have always been controversial among pro-life activists. Is blocking the entrance to an abortion clinic an effective way to save lives—or do such actions merely damage the pro-life cause...
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