Christ and the End of the Scapegoat
Christians need to realize that there is no scapegoat on this earth that can be sacrificed to bring us a peaceful end to the evils we encounter.| Public Discourse
Christians need to realize that there is no scapegoat on this earth that can be sacrificed to bring us a peaceful end to the evils we encounter.| Public Discourse
Social conservatives have long recognized the civilizational value of the quotidian work of parenthood. In an analogous way, we ought to recognize that it is in the small acts of local participation that societies thrive or languish.| Public Discourse
(OSV News) — A pastoral reflection on immigration from the Iowa Catholic bishops aims to present church teaching in a way that “transcends” political rhetoric and “fear and false narratives”… The post Amid nation’s divisions over immigration, church stands as ‘beacon of hope,’ say Iowa bishops first appeared on OSV News.| OSV News
America has long led the world in economic success, entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation. We can and we should lead in human flourishing. To do so, we must invest in the fundamental ingredients of flourishing: marriage and children.| Public Discourse
If my younger self had understood even this much—that discernment begins with recognizing one’s gifts and offering them, detached from any personal agenda, for God’s purposes—I might have spent a little less time anxiously waiting for the clouds to part. I might have spent more time offering the little I had, trusting that God could use it for his purposes.| Public Discourse
Justice Sotomayor’s analysis depends on many assumptions that she does not articulate or defend. This lack of clarity leads to unnecessary confusion and inconsistency. In more ways than one, Justice Sotomayor is changing the subject.| Public Discourse
The title of this article is intended to have a double meaning. On the one hand, the basic meaning of “Lusting for Love” is an expression of how desperately we, as human beings, long to love others deeply, just as we long to be loved by others — i.e., deeply and unconditionally, as we really […] The post Lusting for Love: Flirtations with the Kiss of Death appeared first on Homiletic & Pastoral Review.| Homiletic & Pastoral Review
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. The post Protected: The Love of Jesus appeared first on CAPP-USA.| CAPP-USA
In January 2023, Democratic state Reps. Carlos González and Judith A. García introduced HD 3822 into the Massachusetts legislature. The bill proposed establishing a program within the Department of Corrections that would allow incarcerated individuals to donate bone marrow or organs in exchange for a reduced sentence. The bill aimed not only to address the…| Blog of the APA
Vincent W. Lloyd, Black Dignity: The Struggle Against Domination (New York: Yale University Press, 2022), pp. xvi + 208. $26.00. Black Dignity: The Struggle Against Domination offers a clear and challenging account of human dignity grounded in “the ideas animating today’s racial justice movement.” (34) Here is a philosophical-practical construal of dignity that is deeply […]| conversant faith
Human dignity: the cornerstone of classical liberalism and is the simple, profound notion that every person possesses inherent worth.| The IHS
