How to Mark the Death of a Devil?
by K. E. ColombiniPerhaps now, with the death of a sinner, the country may turn from his evil ways—and find life instead. Continue Reading »
Perhaps now, with the death of a sinner, the country may turn from his evil ways—and find life instead. Continue Reading »
The suffering of those who feel themselves to be transsexual can be so great—to the point of making them suicidal—that from the perspective of the Church one can hardly categorically forbid surgical and hormonal measures to reduce their suffering, as a last resort after attempting other measures. The proscription of self-mutilation must here be weighed against the good of reducing suffering. Continue Reading »
The First Things Podcast, Episode 12. Also featuring: Pope Francis’s failure and Bob Dylan’s Nobel. Continue Reading »
Will Catholics uphold the Church's teaching that the divorced and remarried cannot be admitted to communion, or will they reject it? Pope Francis has brought this question before the Church, though he refuses to formulate it so starkly. Continue Reading »
The real problem with the Argentine norms is their deviation from this larger and more fundamental principle: that grace truly sanctifies and liberates, and that baptized Christians are always free to fulfill the moral law, even when they fail to do so. Jesus Christ holds us to this standard in the Gospel. It is presumptuous of Francis—however benign his intentions—to decide that his version of “mercy” trumps that given by God himself. Continue Reading »
The conversation on Amoris Laetitia continues. All the language used by Francis of “integrating” the remarried into the Church originates in the reforms of Pope John Paul II. Continue Reading »
The First Things Podcast, Episode 7. Also featuring: The Hamilton Debate and the Marquis de Lafayette’s “Guns and Ships.” Continue Reading »
The First Things Podcast, Episode 4. Also featuring: Catholic voting patterns and women deacons. Continue Reading »
A week’s worth of commentary on Fr. Jacques Hamel. Continue Reading »