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A Vatican official plans for 'very profound' change
The subversion of natural-law morality-- and two revealing defenses
Now that he has retired as president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia has acknowledged that when he was appointed to that post by Pope Franci...
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Bring back taboos!
Leila argues that cultural taboos are often a good thing. Then I reflect on the brouhaha over ballplayers who don’t want to wear “Pride” caps, and the broader questions. Is this a religious-freedom issue, or a freedom of speech (which impli...
How AI could make us stupid
Where will the expansion of AI take us? The nightmare scenario is that AI systems will outsmart us, exploit the human weaknesses that they discover, and find ways to destroy or enslave us. The concept of a superintelligent computer that bec...
If this is the peace...
According to just-war teaching, war can be morally justified only under certain conditions. These conditions include:
- The war must be fought for a just cause,
- The suffering caused by the war should not be disproportionate to t...
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Catholic journalist/editor for 40+ years. Author of books including: The Faithful Departed, on the decline of Catholic influence in Boston; Lost Shepherd, a candid appraisal of Pope Francis. Most recently, his first novel, Ghost Runner.
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