In previous times, people who did not agree with the teaching of Humanae Vitae or Donum Vitae simply said that they begged to differ. The new approach, adopted by the PAV, is to state the opposite of the teaching, while at the same time claiming that one agrees. Continue Reading »
No, not the masks you assume I have in mind, the masks that have become such a bone of contention in our society. The masks I have in mind are the kind referred to by C. S. Lewis in a passage from his autobiography, Surprised by Joy. Discussing his experience as a soldier in the Great War, he . . . . Continue Reading »
There can be no lasting concordat, no real peace treaty, between a genuinely holy people and Church on the one hand, and a world of material excess, destructive sexuality, exploitation of the poor, and industrial-scale homicide of unborn children on the other. Continue Reading »
Moral principles are either true or false, sound or unsound, regardless of their foundation. We should not, and indeed cannot, separate the beliefs of faith from the convictions and evidence of reason. Continue Reading »
At a time when ethical confusion reigns supreme, Australian Catholic University has launched an online tool for those who want to understand ethical issues and the ideas and arguments relating to them. Continue Reading »
The commandments “till it and keep it” and “be fruitful and multiply” are wed to each other. Continue Reading »
In 2014, France’s High Audiovisual Council, the government body that regulates broadcast advertising in that country, banned one of the most moving TV commercials ever made. Titled “Dear Future Mom,” the ad addressed women pregnant with children diagnosed with Down syndrome. “Dear future . . . . Continue Reading »
Last week, Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court established an absolute, unlimited right to suicide “in all stages of a person’s existence.” Continue Reading »
A new book marginalizes the Bible's ethical claims in the public square. Continue Reading »
The morality of tyrannicide is not much discussed in today’s kinder, gentler Catholic Church, but the subject once engaged some of Catholicism’s finest minds. Continue Reading »
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