Posts Tagged ‘Consistent Ethic of Life’
Official Catholic Election Day Resources and Links
Tuesday November 2nd is Election Day for the citizens of the United States of America. No doubt that by now many of us have been saturated with campaign commercials and automated phone calls. For those of us who are Catholics we are urged by our Church at Vatican II to be responsible and active Catholic ... Read more
In Passion for Justice | Tagged Abortion, Catholic Social Teaching, Consistent Ethic of Life, death penalty, Doctrinal Note on some questions regarding the participation of Catholics in political life, Election Day, Faithful Citizenship, Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, Intrinsically evil
“Intrinsically evil” acts: A consistent if perhaps challenging Catholic social morality
In 1993 The Catholic Church came out with the new Catechism of the Catholic Church. Preempting this resource Pope John Paul II also wrote the encyclical Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth) on the topic of Catholic morality. The challenge at the time and still today is that aspects of Catholic moral theology are in ... Read more
The “Consistent Ethic of Life” within the Global Economy: Chapter 2 of Caritas In Veritate
“Charity in Truth” is the latest encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI. This encyclical continues the tradition of Catholic Social Thought by addressing the issue of the Global Economic Crisis, Development, and Poverty. Yet there is a marked difference in this social encyclical that we who are Catholics in America need to attentive to. Pope Benedict ... Read more
Recent News & Blogs
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International Day of Non-Violence
Lectionary Reflections,Passion for Justice - September 28, 2011
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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “The Wisdom to know the Difference”
Lectionary Reflections - July 21, 2011
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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Good and Evil Wolf
Lectionary Reflections - July 14, 2011
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Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Comprehending the Incomprehensible
Lectionary Reflections - July 7, 2011
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July 4th Reflection on Religious Liberty
Passion for Justice - July 1, 2011
