Is mass communication like a background noise that is just loud enough to catch our attention and make it difficult for us to concentrate on what we are doing and yet not loud enough so that we can hear clearly what is going on? Are … [Read more...]
The Whale in the Bath
November 25, 2019 by Francis Etheredge
Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: common good, conversion, ecology
God and Caesar
November 20, 2013 by Fr. James Swetnam, SJ
In the Catholic view, the religious sphere is based on the virtue of faith. This faith is a gift of God ... In contrast, according to this Catholic view, the civil sphere is based on experience illumined by faith. That is to say, it is … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: “The Compendium of the Social Teaching of the Church”, civil sphere vs. religious sphere, common good, Dignitatis Humanae, discernment, faith as gift of God, freedom, God and Caesar, human dignity, Justice, love, natural law, philosophy, positive law, pro-life, public square, reason, solidarity, subsidiarity, Truth, virtue of faith
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