Philosopher’s Notebook

Three homily don’ts from a 30-year veteran of the pulpit

The recent Synod on the Family had its surface controversies: the admission of the divorced and remarried to the sacraments and the pastoral care of homosexuals. It also had its background theoretical controversies. The Vatican’s Humanum conference in November probed one of them: the complemen

This Thanksgiving I will thank God for the love and encouragement of my uncle.

The eugenic dream was not eliminated by the Allied victors or Nuremberg tribunals.

The traditional duty of the doctor to promote the actual good can crumble under a consumerist indenture to the patient’s will.

It must be said.Several months ago I received an email marked urgent from one of the professional organizations to which I belong. Addressed to “Concerned Faculty Member,” the missive urged me to sign a statement promising that I would not teach, lecture or offer any other assistance to

Faculty members of many faiths bring a religious ardor to their pro-life commitment.

In the Aristotelian perspective, friendship does not confine itself to the private sphere.

The extension of euthanasia to children is not the last frontier in the euthanasia campaign.

Sunday is the contemplative space given outright to help us discover who we really are.