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11 Oct 2021, 12:54 pm by Tom Smith
Francis Collins self-identifies as an evangelical Christian, and most evangelicals as well as faithful Catholics regard abortion as the destruction of innocent human life. [read post]
15 Mar 2013, 12:31 pm by Patrick S. O'Donnell
” Boff tells Catholics that “Poverty is not only a problem of moral conscience; it is fundamentally a political problem. [read post]
7 Aug 2016, 11:36 am by Tom Smith
” By speaking this way, he does a disservice to his followers, and world leaders, who would look to him for the confidence and moral backing to call out Islamic terrorism and face it head-on. [read post]
14 Jul 2015, 8:42 am by Tom Smith
I don’ believe for a minute that Pope Francis was pleased when President Evo Morales of Bolivia, one of the worst of the new authoritarians, presented him with a sacrilegious hammer-and-sickle “crucifix” at their exchange of greetings and gifts shortly after the Pope arrived in La Paz. [read post]
2 Jul 2017, 12:39 pm by Tom Smith
Wading directly into a charged moral and political debate in the UK, and also appearing to recalibrate an earlier statement from the head of his own Pontifical Academy for Life, Pope Francis on Sunday expressed hope that the desire of 10-month-old Charlie Gard’s parents “to accompany and care for their own child to the end” will be respected. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 5:00 am by Tracy Thomas
" Pope: Catholics Need Not Breed "Like Rabbits" Pope Francis, after a visit to the largest Catholic nation in Asia, says Catholics may have a moral responsibility to limit the number of... [read post]
29 Jan 2023, 11:18 am by Tom Smith
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has clarified his recent comments about homosexuality and sin, saying he was merely referring to official Catholic moral teaching that teaches that any sexual act outside of marriage is a sin.And in a note Friday, Francis recalled that even that black-and-white teaching is subject to circumstances that might eliminate the sin altogether.Francis first made the comments in an interview Jan. 24 with The Associated Press, in which he declared… [read post]
23 Oct 2013, 11:24 am by Steve Bainbridge
He discusses my post the other day on Pope Francis and ideology and then writes of his own experience: It is hard to be mindful of right doctrine, and right morals, while at the same time remembering... [[ This is a content summary only. [read post]
5 May 2022, 11:49 am by Tom Smith
This makes Francis’s equivocating on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine all the more frustrating for those who recall how powerful a force for good a Pope can be. [read post]
6 Jul 2007, 7:53 am
  If you are interested in moral theory, check this out! [read post]
30 Dec 2012, 2:00 am by Clara Altman
"It would be a mistake," he insists to take from "this important book," "the lesson that if only we draft good laws and enforce obedience to them, if only we could find a Francis Lieber for our time, the moral dilemmas of the wars against terrorists and insurgents would somehow be resolved." [read post]
23 Dec 2021, 8:43 am by Tom Smith
Francis was formed by the revolutionary spirit of the Second Vatican Council that went deep into his Jesuit formation. [read post]
24 Sep 2015, 12:25 pm
There is a strong moral case for liberalizing immigration policy for such people, and for doing so even before disaster strikes them. [read post]
23 Aug 2012, 2:31 pm by Tom Smith
What The Wire does so effectively is to remind us that while individual ability and talent do matter, and that our character and moral choices matter as well, we are nevertheless very much products of a social environment over which we as individuals have very little influence. [read post]
12 Sep 2018, 3:44 am by Tom Smith
The denials and the silence are stripping the Catholic Church of all its moral credibility to engage in the spiritual warfare that Francis highlights, and robs Catholics across the board of our ability to engage on important moral questions in our public life. [read post]
1 May 2014, 11:49 pm by Michael W. Dowdle
  Like the idea of cronyism, the idea of corruption, too, has both an economic and a moral aspect to it (see, e.g., ‘moral hazard’), and this gives it a particular appeals as a both an economic and a moral delegitimizing device. [read post]