Religious Fanaticism
Though we in the West have the 'luxury' of believing or rejecting
religious fanatics, our Christian brethren in other countries aren't so 'blessed.'
Redeeming Foucault
Christians must understand Michel Foucault's work and acknowledge what is
true within it, in order to formulate an adequate response.
A Call to Arms
The Council of Trent introduced a new term, the "Church militant,"
which "wages eternal war with those implacable enemies, the world, the flesh and the devil."
Those Hurtful Ads!
Those NOR ads are presumably supposed to be satirical, but they're
actually insensitive, judgmental, mean-spirited and hurtful....
Literature Matters
Through the ages, great ideas have frequently found their
expression in great works of literature, both fiction and nonfiction.
News You May Have Missed
A Vatican condom factory... Homosexual weapons research... Drive-through
brothels... Voluntary human extinction... Are you serious?
Biotechnology & Posthumanism
Technology may finally make us so unhappy we will begin to effectively
criticize its consequences with the whole human good in mind.
The Trendy Atheists
Richard Dawkins and his ilk view Catholics as deluded faith-heads
whose minds have been taken over by irrational superstitions.
Pope Francis
Despite any attempts at reading the tea leaves of Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s
past life, it's far from clear how he is going to handle becoming Pope Francis.
Same-Sex Marriage
Same-sex marriage was the invention of the Emperor Nero, who had
at least three such nuptials, one in which he played the bride.
The Problem of Evil
The Church is clear-eyed about the devil's existence and demands
that we neither minimize nor exaggerate the danger he presents
to our salvation.
New Age & Gnosticism
There's far more to this movement than the self-indulgent silliness
of astrology, crystals, weird workshops, and the accompanying
psychobabble.
Catholic Social Teaching
The same papal statements that criticize socialism also criticize
capitalism, and for the same basic reason.
