Our Shared Point of Reference
It’s common these days to lament polarization in the Church. The divisions within the Body of Christ may not be…
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It’s common these days to lament polarization in the Church. The divisions within the Body of Christ may not be…
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When reflecting on and teaching about St. Thomas Aquinas or any of the great theologians or philosophers, there is a danger of using the master to promote one’s own thought, Pope Francis said.
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When reflecting on and teaching about St. Thomas Aquinas or any of the great theologians or philosophers, there is a danger of using the master to promote one’s own thought, Pope Francis said.
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At the risk of seeming disrespectful or irreverent, I’d like to propose that the parable in today’s Gospel is, well,…
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 11, 2022 | 2022, Aquinas, Brad Miner, Casey Chalk, Casey Chalk"s "Beauty: Not in the Eye of the Beholder", Columns, H.L. Mencken, Mary mother of Jesus, News, Roger Scruton, Scruton's "Beauty: A Very Short Introduction", The Catholic Thing | 0 |
H.L. Mencken wrote exactly 100 years ago: “The female body, even at its best, is very defective in form; it…
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 8, 2022 | 2022, Aquinas, Catholic Church, Catholicism, chronos v. kairos, Columns, Jonathan Edwards' “The Preciousness of Time and the Importance of Redeeming It”, Michael Pakaluk, Michael Pakaluk's "Redeeming the Time the Christian Way", News, Saint Paul Preaching at Ephesus by Eustache Le Sueur 1649, The Catholic Thing | 0 |
You are sitting in your car at what you know is a long traffic light. Consider two scenarios. (1) “This…
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Read Moreby bcadmin | May 25, 2022 | 2022, Aquinas, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Johannes Messner's "Social Ethics", Michael Pakaluk, News, Roe v. Wade, The Catholic Thing, three mistakes about Aquinas’ teaching on the common good, “common good” jurisprudence | 0 |
I want to draw attention to three mistakes about Aquinas’ teaching on the common good which are encouraged by some…
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Read Moreby bcadmin | May 18, 2022 | 2022, Aquinas, Aquinas on When Human Life Begins, Biden misstatements on when life begins, Brad Miner, Catholic Church, Catholic teaching on when life begins, Catholicism, Columns, Dobbs case, News, Robert Royal, SCOTUS, Sister Renée Mirkes OSF, The Catholic Thing | 0 |
If, as now seems likely, Roe and Casey are overturned by the Supreme Court, public debates will begin in dozens…
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Read MoreU.S. Catholics’ relationship with the Eucharist was largely altered with the COVID-19 pandemic, but some semblance of normalcy concerning Communion is about to return for Catholics in the Diocese of Owensboro.
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If the Catholic Church was ever corrupt, it was corrupt from the beginning. But as it was not corrupt from…
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I have heard Catholics, usually men, wonder whether the reception of Holy Eucharist can be compared to the marital embrace. …
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 9, 2022 | 2022, Aquinas, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, distributive justice, Frank Capra’s film, Jesus Christ, John M. Grondelski's "Tax Man Cometh – and Pope Francis", Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum, Matthew and Zacchaeus tax collectors, News, Pope Francis, Pope Francis’s talk to Italian tax collectors, redistribution, The Catholic Thing, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" | 0 |
The appeal of Frank Capra’s film, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” lies in part in the contrast between the naïve…
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