Pope Francis’s monthly intention for March is “A Christian Response to Bioethical Challenges.” The question of “brain death” continues to be a major bioethical challenge for Christian bioethicists. Take, for example, the following case: Karla’s was happy, eager to help and willing to brighten everyone’s day. She had a fondness for children. and
At the edge of the Castel Sant’Angelo near an entrance to the public park that at one time comprised the castle’s fortifications and near the beginning of the Via della Conciliazione that runs into St. Peter’s Square stands a statue of Catherine of Siena (1347-1380). Created between 1961 and 1962
There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test him and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” He said in reply, “You shall love the Lord, your God,
When Poland’s Environmental Minister, Jan Szyszko, began allowing widespread logging in primeval forests in 2016 and eliminated the need for permits for logging on private lands, his justification included a citation to the book of Genesis: after creating humankind in his own image and likeness, “God blessed them and God
It is not every year that Muslims observe Ramadan while Christians celebrate Easter and Jews celebrate Passover. Muslims follow a lunar calendar—a year of twelve cycles of the moon, not the solar calendar marked by Earth’s orbit around the sun. This means that the Islamic year is a bit shorter
From Disputation to Dialogue: Past the Stumbling Block In 1863 Abraham Geiger, the leading rabbi of liberal Judaism in Germany, described the liberating role of scholarly study in the area of religious studies: “The deepest contents of all the spiritual movements is scholarship. Where scholarship turns with its power it
O my Saviour, make me see How dearly Thou has paid for me; That, lost again, my life may prove, As then in death, so now in love. —Richard Crashaw, “Charitas Nimia; or, the Dear Bargain” I am exhausted, that special kind of deprivation that can come only after being
Although not the first teaching document of his pontificate, Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium sets forth his programmatic vision for the Church’s mission in its present moment.[1] The pope teaches here that the Church should have a strong missionary character and concern for evangelization. For Francis, these aspects find