“Prescribed” Suicide Undercuts Dignity
Here is my column in The Catholic Voice on physician prescribed suicide. “I wish to continue this month with some meditations on living mercy, particularly as mercy relates to the question of physician assisted suicide, or more accurately, physician prescribed suicide. Twenty-five…
Living Mercy Much More Than a Slogan
Here is my column in The Catholic Voice on what living mercy could mean more concretely. “This month I’d like to invite us all to a more concrete examination of what living mercy could look like. But first, let me share something…
On Trump’s Executive Order on Refugees, Look to Pope St. John XXIII
Here’s my article at the National Catholic Register assessing President Trump’s executive order on refugees from the perspective of Catholic Social Teaching. “The recent refugee executive order from the Trump administration sparked protests and impassioned statements of concern across the country. Many Catholic…
Fidelity to Christ Transcends Politics
Here is my column in The Catholic Voice on looking past this election. “The election is upon us, and if the news reports and my own experience are accurate, the vast majority of us will be glad when it is over. I am…
What Does the Church Teach about Immigration?
Here is a piece I wrote for The Catholic Answer, the magazine for Our Sunday Visitor. Immigration is an important issue which we need to address, for the sake of the nation and for our neighbors. “The issue of immigration reform…
Now Is the Time We Might Model the Early Patriots and Their Faith
Here is my column in The Catholic Voice on religious liberty in this election. Every Catholic today ought to be concerned that we are increasingly in danger of losing our liberty. Charity in Truth in “The Catholic Voice”
5 Reminders About Voting
Here’s a link to a post I wrote for the Archdiocese of Omaha’s blog. We’re not robots!!
3 Ways Catholics Misunderstand the Death Penalty
Here’s a post I did for the Archdiocese of Omaha in connection the effort to retain the repeal of the death penalty here in Nebraska. Check it out.
Famous Quotes on Abortion Issue Provide Perspective for Election
Here is my column in The Catholic Voice on some public policy issues, starting with abortion. I started it thinking I might give an involved response to some of the many fallacies I hear repeated by Catholics around this issue, but decided…
There Are Some Exceptions to the Rule
Here is my column in The Catholic Voice continuing the conversation about whether a Catholic can vote for someone who supports an intrinsic evil. “The bishops tell us we may not vote for someone who supports an intrinsic evil if we’re supporting that…
Remembering that “Evil is Evil”
Here is my column in The Catholic Voice beginning the conversation about whether a Catholic can vote for someone who supports an intrinsic evil. “Last month, I wrote about how we begin to consider a candidate for whom to vote. The U.S….
Guidelines for a “Good Candidate”
Here is my column in The Catholic Voice on how a Catholic might begin to discern how to find a good candidate for whom to vote. “I’m continuing this month with my series on voting. Last month, I wrote about our responsibility…
Planned Parenthood and Immigration Control: What You Should Know and Probably Don’t
Planned Parenthood is back in the news for the very worst reasons. While it should not be a surprise to anyone with half a brain that they do this sort of work (selling the parts of aborted babies – in…
Answers to Dubious Abortion Arguments
It is a refrain repeated in the last few election cycles. It’s about abortion, social services and legislative limits. It may sound familiar to you. If it does, here are some responses. First, the argument, which comes to me from lay…
Gay Marriage Predictions: Then and Now
A number of years ago I thought to keep an exchange about gay marriage between two conservatives. Written for National Review in 2001 Stanley Kurtz and Johnathan Rauch had a reasoned argument for and against which struck me at the time as helpful because it…
