Bishop Robert W. McElroy: “I believe that it is compassion which morally unites these two issues – compassion for the suffering of the poor and compassion for the unborn. I still am a believer in the underlying logic of Cardinal Bernardin’s seamless garment approach that saw all life issues as part of a continuum linked… Read More Quote of the Day
Bishop Robert McElroy, the auxiliary bishop of San Francisco, has a new article in America that Michael Sean Winters of NCR has labeled a “game changer” for explicitly and authoritatively challenging “the use, better to say misuse, of Catholic moral theology in discussions of public policy.” As MSW notes, some excellent theologians have addressed these distortions… Read More Church for the Poor: 10 Key Points in Bishop McElroy’s Outstanding Article
Matthew Scully has an excellent, challenging piece in National Review Online, in which he compares the anti-abortion cause to opposing cruelty toward animals (quite convincingly) and makes the case for veganism (not so much). Catholic thought is embedded throughout Scully’s essay. Scully cites Vatican statements from the last three popes that affirm humanity’s responsibility to… Read More Must Pro-lifers Oppose Cruelty to Animals?
In his first major interview as pope and in his papacy as a whole, Pope Francis is giving us a unique opportunity to hit the reset button on our approach to abortion. He is rejecting the culture war mentality of many members of the hierarchy. At the same time, he has shown no intention to change the… Read More Why Pro-life and Pro-choice Advocates Should Find the Common Ground
In a big move for the Catholic University of America and the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies (IPR), famed human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, whose dramatic escape from house arrest and persecution by Chinese authorities became a national story last year, will be joining IPR as a distinguished visiting fellow. Millennial editor Robert… Read More Breaking News: Human Rights Activist Chen Guangcheng Will Join CUA’s Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies
Millennial editor Robert Christian has a new article in the Washington Post on Pope Francis’ recent interview. Christian argues Francis’ “commitment to all life is partly responsible for his call to rebalance church teaching, to move it away from a legalistic focus on a handful of moral teachings, including abortion, at the cost of proclaiming… Read More Millennial Editor Robert Christian in the Washington Post: Can Pope Francis help end the culture wars?
In the New York Times, Ross Douthat has pointed out the need for pro-life liberalism, which he described as a “once-commonplace, now-mythical persuasion.” While he is right about the need for non-conservative pro-lifers, he is mistaken that pro-life liberalism is mythical. If we use liberalism broadly to encompass all those progressives left of center, there… Read More Pro-life Progressives: Still Not a Myth
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