The False Fundamental Option In his landmark encyclical Veritatis Splendor (“The Splendor of Truth”) St. John Paul II condemned the erroneous moral doctrine of the
You drive down an Illinois country blacktop, passing fields of corn and soybeans, sometimes winter wheat or an occasional cattle ranch or dairy farm. As
Within the past two weeks the bishop of Nashville has come under fire for supporting his diocesan-wide high school sex education curriculum. He apparently has
Making the most of the gifts God has given to me. Putting them at the service of God, the Church, and society. Many Gifts, No? God
There are evil things that some people really, really want to do. There are some people who not only want to do evil things but also
Generosity is “the virtue of giving good things to others freely and abundantly.” When people think of generosity, money often comes to mind, but generosity
Justice is simply defined as giving one his or her “due.” It means rendering to people what you owe them. What do we owe others?
Orderliness is an important human virtue. It is the good habit by which a person does what he ought to do, when and how he
Truth Truth is what is. Truth is the real. We error-prone and sometimes reality-denying human beings have the truth when what we think about corresponds
In a recent column, I discussed the definition of truth as “what is.” Truth is the equation of thought and thing. It is the conformity
Hunger to know St. Thomas Aquinas teaches that we have a natural desire for God. This desire has its origin in our intellects, so it
A FaceBook friend recently posted this: What I fear has become the new “progressive” orthodoxy is this, that there is no such thing as truth.
The Gospel for next Sunday, the Fourth Sunday of Advent, is the meeting between Our Lady and her elderly pregnant cousin Elizabeth. Mary set out
I was a graduate student in English literature during the flakey 1970s. I had recently returned to Catholicism and found my faith under daily attack
Have you ever delved into the notes provided in the New American Bible? That is the translation used in the English Lectionary. The United States
The Church lays down a minimum for attending Mass and receiving the Eucharist. The Church obliges the faithful to take part in the
China has its evil and harmful “one child” policy. I propose for American Catholics a “one child more” policy. I think we should encourage all
This column is the tenth in a series of introductory essays on “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive,” the preparatory catechesis for the
This column is the ninth in a series of introductory essays on “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive,” the preparatory catechesis for the
This column is the eighth in a series of introductory essays on “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive,” the preparatory catechesis for the
This column is the seventh in a series of introductory essays on the document “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive,” the preparatory catechesis
This column is the fifth in a series of introductory essays on the document “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive,” the preparatory catechesis