“Separation of Church and state!” How many of us have heard this noxious axiom over and over again throughout our lives? While history has taught
In 1968, an ecologist named Garrett Hardin wrote an article for Science magazine titled “The Tragedy of the Commons.” A utilitarian and Malthusian, Hardin argued
For the past several decades, the Western world has been increasingly distancing itself from its Christian roots. One of the clearest examples of this is
Researchers are now “coaxing” human stem cells, in the lab, to grow into beings that are similar to a human embryo. There are innumerable questions
Like the rest of my fellow Catholics in the Diocese of Buffalo, New York, my heart has a continual, aching heaviness. In these terrible but
The practices of physician assisted suicide (medical aid in dying) and euthanasia are being increasingly accepted throughout the world. This acceptance is becoming all too
In medicine and in our culture, there is a growing acceptance for what is now being referred to as “medical aid in dying.” The term
This is part of an ongoing discussion on Catholic Stand: Is it a sin for a Catholic with a well-formed conscience to vote for any
This is article was first published five years ago but is even more relevant given America’s current social and political environment. If you’ve got about
The claim that “voting for a Democrat is a mortal sin” is one feature of the 2016 presidential election cycle that’s already repeating itself for
For over a decade now there has been an ever-burgeoning body of discussions and publications making the point that, for a Catholic with a well-formed
Approximately 327 million human beings are living in the U.S. and, glory to God, not one of those people is like the other. Certainly, they
We human beings have always played around with our nature. But there is a point where the playing goes too far. We like to alter
The phenomenon of finding an antihero and making this person a hero is something we as humans are very inclined to do. We find examples
You may have heard about the openly homosexual Pennsylvania lawmaker who posted a video of himself trying to shame a woman saying the rosary outside
Yes, he did it. In a majority legal opinion issued in May, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas put a stick in the middle of
As states continue working to pass laws safeguarding women’s reproductive rights through abortion, others are striving to protect life in its earliest stages. An epic
This week, my state passed a bill which would require Medicaid to pay for abortions. Taxpayers in Maine will now be funding Planned Parenthood. We’re
The Catechism of the Catholic Church has something to say about immigration, not because it is a hot political topic, but because it is a
White nationalism and postmodernism constitute a kind of yang and yin in Western politics. Where the latter has fed for many years the worldview of
Intersectionality theory is the most dangerous political ideology to sweep academia since the 1960s resurgence of Marxism-Leninism, to which it owes a heavy (if not
I would now like to speak directly to every woman, to reflect with her on the problems and the prospects of what it means to
The annual March for Life and 40 days for Life campaigns always leads me to reflect on the state of affairs of or culture’s moral
The Right to Life office in my area asked if I would help with this year’s 40 Days for Life campaign. Perhaps I could I
