An Open Letter to Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ
COMMENTARY: The question of who may be ordained is not a matter of discipline but of divine revelation and the nature of the Church itself.
COMMENTARY: The question of who may be ordained is not a matter of discipline but of divine revelation and the nature of the Church itself.
COMMENTARY: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s reflection on stupidity helps explain how false ideas about freedom and the human person can spread even in highly educated societies.
COMMENTARY: Church teaching cuts through AI hype, reminding us that AI is a simulation of intelligence, not a rival to the human mind or soul.
COMMENTARY: From Aristotle to Aelred, the greatest thinkers have taught that friendship shapes the soul — preparing us for joy in this life and communion with God.
COMMENTARY: History shows that evil movements rise and fall, but God’s plan remains sovereign — and Christians need not fear the outcome.
Are we economic units, clever animals or eternal pilgrims? Our answer shapes not just our lives, but our eternal destiny.
Modern humans should consider the plank in their own eye before presuming to see a mote in the eye of their ‘primitive’ neighbors.
In gaining the ability to engage with the world, what have we lost much closer to home?
‘The human body shares in the dignity of the image of God. It is a human body precisely because it is animated by a spiritual soul, and it is the whole human person that is intended to become, in the body of Christ, a temple of the Spirit.’ (CCC 364)
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