Love. Hate. Pride. Fifty years ago, these words suggested different concepts than today. Love was a fuzzy, feel-good word, accompanying cartoons of cute cherubs holding
For those who have read my previous articles, you might recall that here in Italy I began learning to drive for the second time since
The annual March for Life and the upcoming Dobbs vs Jackson court case puts abortion front and center on many folks radar. It certainly 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
A new kind of “hook up” culture is on the rise. It won’t be about connections between people but about individuals connecting with computers and
It would be understandable if Catholics and the public at large believed that the death penalty’s existence depended solely on its effectiveness in protecting society
During my spring break, a friend and I were talking about homosexuality. It has been on our minds so much since the scandal in the
Richard Morgan’s novel Altered Carbon might have been more interesting if it had known what to do with its Catholic characters. It takes place in
Several months ago, I happened to glance at the cover of America, and noticed something strange among the featured article descriptions: “Jesus, Please Don’t Fix
Lester Ballard, main character of the novel Child of God, commits murder, necrophilia, sexually harasses women, and is generally considered to be crazy. This being
This month marks the first anniversary of the publication of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’. Upon reading it, I was struck by certain parallels of
Recent studies show a need for a greater understanding of labor as a Christian call to work. Nearly half the people on the planet are
