The worship of expertise, detached from any transcendent perspective, has already plagued modern life. Now rationality is becoming just another weapon with which to attack others.
Coronavirus
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Washington State football coach says getting fired for refusing vaccine is an attack on his Catholic faith
Former Washington State football coach Nick Rolovich’s termination for refusing to get a Covid-19 vaccination was unlawful and an attack on his Catholic faith, his attorney said Wednesday.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
When a Jewish hospital chaplain was asked to perform a Catholic baptism
If the baby was born alive and they waited for the priest to make it over to the hospital, they ran the risk that the baby might die before the priest arrived to perform the sacrament of baptism.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Pope Francis, Virgil and the global economy
Mark Carney’s new book makes a succinct argument: We can either continue on the current path of what some argue is amoral wealth generation in a dehumanizing market society, or we can build new systems, grounded in common values, that encourage growth while stewarding resources for future generations.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Father Greg Boyle: Moral outrage can feel good. But it does nothing to heal our divided world.
God doesn’t share in our outrage. God only invites us to kinship and connection.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Pro-lifers expect sacrifices from pregnant women. Why do so many balk at the sacrifices of Covid-19 restrictions?
When the Covid pandemic gave us a chance to kiss the mantle of poverty and self-sacrifice we rebelled, writes Gloria Purvis. When offered the cross, we ran.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Bishop Stowe: Catholics deserve to know if their priest is unvaccinated
He said he also told the unvaccinated priests that “they couldn’t go into the homes of the sick or the homebound or be in close proximity” to worshippers.
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Jeannie Gaffigan hosts panel urging Catholics to get Covid-19 vaccines
The panel consisted of six Catholics from across the medical field and around the globe and they made appeals to a shared faith identity and to “pro-life” values.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
‘When does it end?’ Parents on the most stressful back-to-school season of the pandemic
Families are trying to be hopeful and trying to keep perspective. But they’re also anxious, frustrated and exhausted.
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Cardinal Burke to begin rehabilitation after contracting Covid-19
A top-ranking Roman Catholic cardinal who eschewed the COVID-19 vaccine said he will soon begin rehabilitation after contracting the coronavirus and spending days on a ventilator.