Evil
What Kind of Person Will You Be?
by Bishop Robert Barron . September 27, 2020 .
Our first reading for this weekend is taken from the eighteenth chapter of the book of the prophet Ezekiel—one of the four major prophets, along with Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Daniel. This chapter is worthy of careful attention, for it represents a sort of breakthrough in the moral consciousness of the…
How The Problem of Evil Points to God’s Existence
by Pat Flynn . June 9, 2020 .
Bishop Barron on Not Doing Evil That Good May Come
by Bishop Robert Barron . May 7, 2020 .
Even as we legitimately fight the great social evils of our time, we must remember Paul’s simple but trenchant principle: never do evil that good might come of it.
Why We Can’t Do Evil Even If Good May Come
by Bishop Robert Barron . May 5, 2020 .
There is a curious and intriguing passage in the third chapter of St. Paul’s letter to the Romans, which in the context of the missive seems almost tossed-off, but which has proven to be a cornerstone of Catholic moral theology for the past two thousand years. Responding to some of…
Suffering as Gift: A Third Layer of Reality
by Matt Nelson . April 15, 2020 .
The Dangers of Digital Anonymity
by Matthew Becklo . March 27, 2020 .
The Disobedience of Adam and Eve
by Bishop Robert Barron . March 1, 2020 .
We enter once more into the very holy season of Lent: a time of preparation; a desert time; a time of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving; a time to return to the basics. And so how wonderful that the Church gives us, for this first Sunday of Lent, a passage from…
Aaron Hernandez and the Senselessness of Sin
by Andrew Petiprin . January 31, 2020 .
“Dracula”: A Bland Betrayal of Vampire Lore
by Andrew Petiprin . January 22, 2020 .
“Joker” is not a political statement . . . it’s a spiritual nightmare
by Matthew Becklo . November 1, 2019 .