The most important distinction, when it comes to evaluating cooperation in evil, is the distinction between formal and material cooperation—formal cooperation being always wrong, while material cooperation might be wrong if a person does no … [Read more...]
Articles
Avoiding Cooperation with Evil: Keeping Your Nose Clean in a Dirty World
September 21, 2012 by Dr. William Newton
The New Evangelization: Quo Vadis?
September 20, 2012 by Paul Kokoski
More and more, Catholics are shying away from using terms like "proselytizing," "conversion," and even "Catholic" in their ecumenical and inter-religious efforts, almost as if they were ashamed of the Gospel, or afraid of appearing as a … [Read more...]
E Pluribus Unum: The Church’s Role
September 18, 2012 by Rev. Clyde Bonar
Where is that Church where “there does not exist among you Jew or Greek, slave or freeman, male or female. All are one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28). Where are those churches where the congregations are not divided by ethnicity or lang … [Read more...]
Spousal Love in Conjugal Spirituality
September 17, 2012 by Christopher J. Stravitsch
Spousal union is sacramental because it makes visible the invisible reality of God’s spousal love for his people. Our Catholic faith is lived through an array of spiritual traditions. While each observes the same theological truths, the … [Read more...]
Full and Active Participation: The Challenge of “Porta Fidei” and the Promise of Right Brain
September 7, 2012 by Deacon Dominic Cerrato, Ph.D. and Charles T. Kenny, Ph.D.
To effectively promote Pope Benedict's effort, the Year of Faith, with its associated catechetical programs, a new marketing approach needs to be crafted putting joy before the law ... leading with the contagious love of Jesus Christ, d … [Read more...]
The Value of Philosophy
September 7, 2012 by John Young
True philosophy throws light on all other forms of knowledge, revealing their relation to each other...with philosophy underpinning them all. Especially does it help in the study of sacred theology, the supreme science based on God’s s … [Read more...]
Clergy Sexual Abuse: Questions Remain
August 30, 2012 by Fr. Regis Scanlon, OFMCap
The original John Jay statistics state that the sex abuse crisis was the overwhelming work of a very small number of clergy, targeting young males as their victims ... the one reform not addressed: screening out clergy candidates with … [Read more...]
The Will in Augustine’s Confessions: The Law of the Mind and the Law of the Members
August 29, 2012 by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian, PhD
Unlike the ancient Greek philosophers for whom virtue is knowledge, and vice is ignorance—the problem of evil being a matter of intelligence and education—Augustine discerns that the problem of evil results from man’s unruly will, not from a … [Read more...]
Shepherding the Irascible Sheep: Anger, Fear, and Fortitude
August 29, 2012 by Fr. James Dominic Rooney, OP
By dealing with our anger and fear in a healthy way, we develop the virtue of fortitude (a key component of patience). Focusing on the character of fortitude provides guidelines to dealing with clients that encourages proper use of fear and … [Read more...]
Refilling the Empty Pews: Can an NFP course be an agent of evangelization?
August 19, 2012 by John F. Kippley
The problem of the rare use of NFP is not a lack of information. The basic problem is a two-fold lack of faith, and faith-based love. Catholics may never hear this teaching from the pulpit, or see it in the parish bulletin. But the … [Read more...]
On Smoking and Running
August 18, 2012 by Fr. Damian J. Ference
It becomes very clear that when we say “no” to things that threaten our vocations—sometimes even good things—we imitate Christ in saying “yes” to the will of the Father. I entered the seminary right out of high school. And believe it or n … [Read more...]
The Heart of the Matter
August 17, 2012 by Bishop Edward M. Rice
In Pastores Dabo Vobis, Blessed John Paul II offered to those charged with seminary formation the framework by which to form men for the priesthood, namely, the four pillars of priestly formation: spiritual, intellectual, apostolic and … [Read more...]
On Music and the Priestly Life
August 15, 2012 by Fr. Gary Selin
Since music imitates the inner life of the soul, it follows that good music imitates and evokes sentiments that are consistent with a virtuous life, while music that evokes vicious sentiments is detrimental, and even destructive, to the … [Read more...]
Contraception and Public Policy
August 8, 2012 by Rob Agnelli
One can readily see why there is an insistence against “artificial” methods of birth control, while something like Natural Family Planning is in accord with the natural law. It is not because they are artificial, per se, but because they ar … [Read more...]
Preaching About Pornography and Addiction
August 6, 2012 by Dr. John Splinter, PhD
Because the slavery and pain of our flocks is obvious, we are called upon to offer the grace and healing of Christ. The pulpit can be an excellent platform for entreating even the most stained and hopeless heart. As they leave the house … [Read more...]
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