Commentary

Doing good by resisting evil

May 3, 2017
By Father Joseph Breighner
Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life, Wit & Wisdom

The strength to resist evil and the power to do good can sum up the moral behavior of Christians.

Tired of religious discrimination?

April 28, 2017
By Richard Doerflinger
Filed Under: Commentary

All believers should worry about policies that treat them as second-class citizens.

Baptism by nurse in hospital/ Which knee for genuflection?

April 24, 2017
By Father Kenneth Doyle
Filed Under: Commentary

According to the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, “a genuflection, made by bending the right knee to the ground, signifies adoration, and therefore it is reserved for the Most Blessed Sacrament.”

The Benedict Option and the identity/relevance dilemma

April 21, 2017
By Bishop Robert Barron
Filed Under: Commentary

The very intensity of the interest in The Benedict Option in one way proves Dreher’s central point, namely, that there is a widely-felt instinct that something has gone rather deeply wrong with the culture and that classical Christianity, at least in the West, is in a bit of a mess.

Call to compassion

April 19, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church

Yes, we encounter pain and suffering on earth, but we walk with one another, and God is with us every step along the way.

Prayer against tornadoes? Are the rich evil?

April 17, 2017
By Father Kenneth Doyle
Filed Under: Commentary

No, riches don’t necessarily doom people to hell. It depends what they do with those riches…

Death without dignity in the nation’s capital

April 15, 2017
By Richard Doerflinger
Filed Under: Commentary

The Council of the District of Columbia and the mayor have approved a law allowing physician-assisted suicide. Under Article I of our Constitution, Congress has legislative authority over the district and can block that law. Here are three nonpartisan reasons why it should do so.

‘The Case for Christ’ and a stubbornly historical religion

April 13, 2017
By Bishop Robert Barron
Filed Under: Commentary

The Case for Christ is interesting for any number of reasons, but I think it is particularly compelling for its subtle portrayal of the psychological, spiritual, and intellectual dynamics of evangelization.