We’ve all done things we regret. One of the many salvific glories of Catholicism is the Sacrament of Penance, although, as we all know, the priest’s absolution does not make the penitent a tabula rasa – a clean slate. For one thing, although our…
The Catholic Church has always distinguished itself from other Christian bodies by its claim to possess, and be bound by, a deposit of faith handed down from the Apostles. The Church comes from Christ, and the Church doesn’t invent, revise, or…
Nuclear weapons, like other modern technological developments, have placed great strains on traditional moral principles. Just as modern medicine has changed our appreciation of the beginning and end of human life, the tremendous destructive…
Philosophers since the time of Plato have spoken about the “transcendental” properties of being – properties that all beings have, such as Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. Something we might learn from this list is that truth is a good. No one…
Steven Jonathan Rummelsburg If you send your children to a Catholic school, you should ask the principal or a teacher if they can answer two questions: “What is a human person?” and “What is the purpose of an education?” You’ll likely hear about…
Political rhetoric surrounding wealth and inequality increasingly reveals an emotive posture rather than an economic argument, since public discourse now treats success as a moral provocation and prosperity as a form of quiet aggression.…
Political rhetoric surrounding wealth and inequality increasingly reveals an emotive posture rather than an economic argument, since public discourse now treats success as a moral provocation and prosperity as a form of quiet aggression.…
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