Why are a handful of Catholic bishops and college professors wringing their hands and invoking the values of the Gospel of Jesus Christ against Paul Ryan? Simple answer: because they are adherents of the politics of the far left. To be fair, lets take a closer look at what I think the dynamic looks like [...]
Mitt Romney’s VP choice, U.S. Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, has excited the Republican base and well it should. It has also raised the immediate alarm of the Democratic rank and file in the media, which isn’t too big of a surprise, and in the Church, where it should be more of a surprise but [...]
Shifting paradigms and the transvaluaton of all values
I do believe that an ancient Greek myth is playing itself out for us in our fair country these days. Some of my readers may recall the Greek myth of the god Cronus, or as he is known in Roman mythology, Saturn. Cronus has often been confused with and conflated into Chronos, the primordial Greek [...]
On the non-existent conflict between science and theology
(Recently published online at Homiletic & Pastoral Review) One of the most vexing issues facing ministers in the Church is the raging debate in our media and schools over evolution, and its implications for those of us who believe that God created “the heavens and the earth.” At the heart of this vexation lies a [...]
On May 6, 1984, Pope John Paul II canonized the Koreans who were martyred for their faith in the 19th century. Christianity entered Korea via a Korean. In 1603, Yi Gwang-jeong, a Korean diplomat, returned to Korea from China with books of theology written by Matteo Ricci, SJ, the renowned missionary to China. He began [...]
