Every student in a Catholic seminary learns a core principle governing all levels of authority in the church. It is enunciated in Latin to copper f...

Accusing someone of being a cafeteria Catholic implies that the person picks and chooses what he or she believes from the broad board of church tea...

In the celebratory atmosphere that followed victory over the Nazis in World War II, many scholars and commentators believed that America was best d...

I recall a fine priest who ministered when I was young in my home parish in Kenmare, Co. Kerry. In response to perennial questions about God’s role...

The concept of losers’ consent is central to American politics since Donald Trump refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s victory in t...

In her recent erudite book, "Playing God: American Catholic Bishops and the Far Right," Mary Jo McConahay describes in detail how the American Cath...

Can one do evil acts without being evil? This was the deep and puzzling question raised by the philosopher Hannah Arendt when she reported for The ...

The two sides are so far apart in the war in Ukraine that there is no end in sight. President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated repeatedly that they wi...

A few months ago, my son-in-law, Jimmy Frawley, who lives in Dublin, brought two of his children, aged 10 and 15, on a weekend trip to Belfast. He ...

I recall a philosophy professor from County Mayo, Fr. Brian Dunleavy, teaching a class on the subject of mistakes in reasoning, more formally calle...

I was an altar boy in the community where I grew up in the 1950s. I recall well the opening prayers at Mass. Priest: Introibo ad altare Dei (Transl...