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National Catholic Register – “Setting the Record Straight About Zika and Contraception”

Even if a definitive connection is made between the virus and birth defects such as microcephaly, contraception isn’t an effective or moral solution.

Crisis – “The Decline of the West”

According to the German Catholic philosopher Josef Pieper, the “wisdom of the West” expresses the sum total of what man “ought to” be.

Crisis – “Well Being vs Well Feeling: On Defining True Happiness”

In the twenty years since the publication of Deal Hudson’s marvelous book Happiness and the Limits of Satisfaction, the eclipse of Greek and Christian ideas about happiness by the pursuit of pleasure, of “well-feeling” rather than “well-being,” has only advanced.

Crisis – “Can Dissenters Alter the Course of Doctrinal Development?”

With the New Year and the Year of Mercy begun, last year’s Synod of the Family seems like old news.

Crisis – “God and the World in Christian Theology”

Once it became clear that I was returning to the Church (a story for another time), I set out to study the Catechism, along with as much Catholic theology and philosophy as I could get.

Crisis – “Down the Sociological Road to Nihilism”

This semester I am teaching a basic undergraduate class in social theory, and the text we use (Contemporary Sociological Theory and Its Classical Roots, The Basics, Ritzer and Stepinsky) presents many “key concepts” in the field.

Crisis – “Ignoring Consent Rules On Fetal Tissue Donations”

As Congress began hearings last week to examine the federal laws guiding the procurement and sale of fetal tissue for medical research, the focus has remained on the role Planned Parenthood plays in harvesting this tissue.

Catholic World Report – “Russia’s Campaign Against Ukraine”

Putin’s larger goals are to effectively destroy NATO and the EU, and return Europe to an age of nation states—to fundamentally change the security structure of the post-Cold War world

Crisis – “The Case Against Same Sex Marriage”

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on April 28 about whether there is a “constitutional right” to same-sex “marriage.”

Aleteia – “Student Has No Right to Discuss Gay Marriage in Marquette Ethics Class”

Those who lay claim to rights by modern standards will lose them when the culture is against them.