Gordon Zahn’s influence on Catholic views toward state-sponsored violence, conscientious objection, pacifism and discipleship reached far beyond American shores in his long career of activism.
Theology
Posted inThe Good Word
Wrapping our heads around the mystery of the Trinity
A Homily for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, by Father Terrance Klein
Posted inPodcasts
How Catholics became obsessed with sex (and rules)
This week on the “Jesuitical” podcast, Ashley and Zac speak with theologian and legal scholar Cathleen Kaveny about why Catholics seem to be obsessed with questions of sexual morality.
Posted inLast Take
Bishop Flores: Pope Leo’s AI encyclical is coming. Don’t let ChatGPT read it for you.
The words of the pope should not be reduced to a program of dogmatic definitions and generated summaries.
Posted inFaith and Reason
Catholic social teaching says all work is good for us—paid or unpaid.
The Catholic social teaching tradition maintains that in its essence and at its best, work can be good for us, an insight social science confirms. This includes all kinds paid work but unpaid work as well.
Posted inFaith and Reason
Cardinal McElroy: Why the Catholic Church can and should judge the morality of the Iran war
The exclusion of the church from any substantive role in evaluating the moral legitimacy of decisions to go to war is a pathway to amoral decisions on war, not moral ones.
Posted inBooks
Review: Confronting the Christian classics
Rebecca Bratten Weiss’s ‘The Books That Made Us’ asks: What are we to do when we realize the art that formed us is, perhaps, problematic?
Posted inBooks
Review: Christopher Beha’s journey of belief
Christopher Beha’s ‘Why I Am Not an Atheist’ recounts decades of seeking through reading, trying to find the shape of a meaningful, sustainable worldview without God.
Posted inFaith and Reason
Cesar Chavez and the spiritual immaturity of powerful men
Men who lack spiritual maturity have yielded—and will continue to yield—to a Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde split between heroic persona and dark shadow.
Posted inFaith in Focus
Jesus’ outstretched hands on the Cross: an embrace—and a challenge
Jesus’ outstretched hands on the cross continue to inspire the compassionate embrace of others by his followers, although the endurance of that inspiration is being tested by some obstacles in today’s world.