Judge Fernando Ferrin Calamata is not the only Catholic judge left in Spain who opposes the socialist government’s fait accompli on legalizing same sex “marriages.” But he is the one now on trial for refusing to go along to get … Continue reading
Category: Morals
Panamanian Alliance Thwarts Efforts of Anti-Catholic Forces
It is a victory for now in this Central American nation. The congress just decided not to hear a proposal for a new law that would impose unnatural, immoral, and, therefore, unhealthy sexual practices as part of the public school … Continue reading
Another Medical Victory Using Adult Stem Cells
Some weeks ago I read an article about a doctor who moved from England to Australia because he ran into so many obstacles in promoting the proven efficacy of adult stem cells compared to the use of embryonic cells. Pro-abortions … Continue reading
Abortion Opposed From Heaven
When Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi appeared on Meet the Press a few weeks ago, she was asked about her consistent approval of abortion. Repeating her frequently stated stand, she insisted that she is “an ardent, practicing Catholic” and … Continue reading
Till Death Do Us Part
(This was written in preparation for a series of conferences on vocations and states in life that I gave at Saint Benedict Center in the Spring of 2005. Please see the end of this piece for a small table of … Continue reading
The Lesser of Two Evils
In the movie “Master and Commander,” Rear Admiral Sir John Aubrey (played by Russell Crowe) pretends to ask one of his officers a difficult question. He inquires which of two weevils that have appeared on the ship’s table would be … Continue reading
The Three Integral Parts of a Moral Act (and a bit of fun)
The three parts of a moral act: object, intention, and circumstances. I was instructed to explain them in terms of three scenarios. I had a little fun. Here was the assignment: “Albert kills Ernest. Describe three different imaginary situations based … Continue reading
On Judging Others
[Originally published in the 1940s.] Slogans are what often pass as Protestant substitutes for dogma. Nor is the disease of sloganizing confined exclusively to Protestants. Many Catholics, foolishly supposing association with heresy to be harmless, have been infected by it … Continue reading
Saint Maria Goretti, Martyr of Purity
“In a time that has increasingly stressed education as an indispensable need, she knew neither how to read nor how to write; but she knew better than others how to live and how to die.” —Marie Cecilia Buehrle. Her life … Continue reading