Opinion

I have just finished a marvelous book called The Women Are Up to Something. Written by Benjamin Lipscomb, it weaves together the biographies of four extraordinary women who arrived together as students at Oxford in the late 1930s and who flourished as scholars and writers in the mid to late twentieth century. Iris Murdoch, Mary Midgley, Philippa Foot, and Elizabeth Anscombe effected a revolution in the way in which we think about moral philosophy, and their very positive influence is much needed in the ethical conversation today.

Mark Wahlberg’s new film Father Stu is one of the most theologically interesting films to come out in a long time.

Earlier this month, we held our Jubilee Year Camino. It was beautiful to see so many of you and your families

War is a great tragedy. It brings with it death, illness and destruction of civil and religious life of countries, of families and institutions, with lasting religious, psychological and physical wounds and all types of impoverishment

Just last week, I was at St. Joseph Abbey in Covington, LA, not far from New Orleans. I was there to address about thirty Benedictine abbots from around the country who had gathered for some days of reflection and retreat. 

International Women’s Day 2022 occurs in the midst of the ongoing war in Ukraine, where hundreds of thousands of women have been forced to flee their homes

We begin Lent this year with the world under the cloud of war. Pope Francis asked that we pray and fast on Ash Wednesday for our brothers and sisters in Ukraine, whose homeland is under attack from Russia.

Some days I am overcome with gratitude, when I think of all the people who are praying for me. 

My thoughts on this matter have been prompted by a remarkable book I just read called Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World, written by Tara Isabella Burton. 

Since Roe v. Wade in 1973, there have been more than sixty-two million abortions performed in the United States.