Catholic doctrine can empirically establish the doctrine of original sin. Every day news reports on humanity’s inclination to evil. However, that same empirical evidence also necessarily lends reason to every atheist’s most powerful arg … [Read more...]
Questions Answered – March 2024
February 23, 2024 by Fr. Brian Mullady, OP
The Church’s Teaching on Labor Question: There has been much talk of people in the USA educated in socialism. Does this fit into Catholic teaching, for example, ppm the issue of wealth? Answer: The question of the theology of work is c … [Read more...]
Immigration and Solidarity
January 26, 2024 by Bishop Robert Brennan
Over the past year-and-a-half, over 100,000 migrants and asylum-seekers have arrived in New York City. Like many municipalities around the United States, especially those close to the southern border, our city has struggled to provide … [Read more...]
Socialism: A Bad Penny
June 24, 2022 by Rev. Thomas G. Morrow
A May 2019 Gallup poll found that 43% of Americans think socialism would be a good thing in the U.S. 51% think it would be bad. Those numbers are up from 25% and 40%, respectively, in 1942, according to a Roper poll. However, it seems that … [Read more...]
Reconsidering Religious Liberty
How to Read Dignitatis Humanae
September 24, 2021 by Dr. Joshua Madden
Two years ago Pope Francis made a visit to the United Arab Emirates where he spoke at an interreligious meeting, offering several comments on fraternity, peacemaking, and religious liberty. At the outset of his message, he spoke of the need … [Read more...]
Book Reviews – April 2020
April 4, 2020 by Book Reviews
Equality and Non-discrimination: Catholic Roots, Current Challenges By Jane F. Adolphe, Robert L. Fastiggi, and Michael A. Vacca. Reviewed by Christopher Siuzdak. (skip to review) Christian Ethics and Moral Philosophy: An Introduction … [Read more...]
Thou Shall Not Steal
The Universal Destination and the Private Ownership of Goods
January 26, 2020 by Dominic David Nalpon
The seventh commandment in the Decalogue, “You shall not steal,” is expounded upon in the Catechism in the following excerpt: [The seventh commandment] commands justice and charity in the care of earthly goods and the fruits of men's lab … [Read more...]
The Intentional Killing of an Innocent Human Being Is the Worst Sin!
September 4, 2019 by Fr. Irby C. Nichols
Life is the first right, on which all the others are based, and which cannot be recuperated once it is lost. – St. John Paul II. This essay is intended to help pro-life apologists address the issue of abortion in parishes, homes, and the … [Read more...]
Book Reviews – July 2019
July 26, 2019 by Book Reviews
A Concise Guide to Catholic Social Teaching By Kevin E. McKenna. Reviewed by Christopher Siuzdak. (skip to review) The Abolition of Women: How Radical Feminism Is Betraying Women By Fiorella Nash. Reviewed by Marcus Benedict Peter. … [Read more...]
Book Reviews – May 2019
May 19, 2019 by Book Reviews
The Vatican in the Family of Nations: Diplomatic Actions of the Holy See at the UN and Other International Organizations in Geneva By Silvano M. Tomasi. Reviewed by Christopher Siuzdak. (skip to review) The Papacy: What the Pope Does … [Read more...]
Book Reviews – January 2019
January 17, 2019 by Book Reviews
A Bloody Habit: A Novel By Eleanor Bourg Nicholson. Reviewed by Fr. John Patrick Cush. (skip to review) Was the Reformation a Mistake?: Why Catholic Doctrine Is Not Unbiblical By Matthew Levering and Kevin J. Vanhoozer. Reviewed by Dr. … [Read more...]
Alexis de Tocqueville, Subsidiarity, and Clericalism
October 29, 2018 by Fr. Charles Klamut
One of my proudest accomplishments in college was reading Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville’s 1830s masterpiece on what really made “democracy” work here, after so many near-misses or never-starts in history. The book was assigned … [Read more...]
Early Winter Reading
December 1, 2016 by Book Reviews
With God in America: The Spiritual Legacy of an Unlikely Jesuit. Compiled and edited by John M. DeJak and Marc Lindeijer, S.J. (Chicago: Loyola Press, 2016) 253 pages; $19.95. ISBN: 978-0-8294-4454-4. Reviewed by Patrick M. Laurence. The … [Read more...]
A Recurring Problem at Georgetown University
May 14, 2016 by David Vincent Meconi
As a member of the Society of Jesus, it was embarrassing. As a member of the Society of Jesus, it was distressing, to say the least. It was right there in all the papers: life had become cheap—very cheap—happening at one of the first ins … [Read more...]
Questions Answered
July 27, 2015 by Fr. Brian Mullady, OP
Question: Pope Francis recently questioned the ethics of trickledown economics. Are there principles for governing competition in the workplace? Answer: One of the primary moral problems with a semi-capitalist economy is the relation of … [Read more...]
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