Human Dignity Is Black Dignity
Vincent Lloyd on those who have the most reason to doubt the libido dominandi.
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You Can't Be Uncommitted to This Problem
Fr. Theodore Hesburgh on human dignity, racism, and voter suppression.
Julia Kristeva, Teresa of Ávila, and the Specter of Christianity
Jennifer Martin on psychoanalyst Julia Kristeva's abiding fascination with Catholicism.
Rethinking Women’s Reproductive Health
Abigail Favale on the reproductive health of actual women.
Hospice Care and the Denial of Death
Ethan Schimmoeller on what the spiritual dimension adds to hospice care.
The Theobiology of a Mother's Voice
Kristin Collier explores theological analogies to the mother-child relationship.
Amidst Plagues: The Church's Call to Foster Care and More
Holly Taylor Coolman makes the case for foster care as one model for the Christian life.
The Gift of the Body Versus the Violent Impulse
Laura Bramon Hassan on the gift of the body and the struggle to affirm it against genocide and human-trafficking.
Can the Feminine Speak?
Abigail Favale on Woman in the Catholic imagination.
To Be Befriended: A Meditation on Friendship and the Disabled
Stanley Hauerwas disarms fears of the abled about those who are disabled.
The Chief Target of the New Totalitarianism
Jessica Hooten Wilson, Associate Professor of Literature at John Brown University, introduces the struggle between the family and the soft totalitarianism.
Some Human Beings Carry Remnants of Other Humans in Their Bodies
Kristin Collier on the philosophical and theological implications of fetomaternal microchimerism.
Deciphering the CDF on Hysterectomy and Sterilization
Taylor Patrick O'Neill, Mt Mercy University Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, compares and contrast the recent statement on hysterectomies with past statements.
Are Real-Life Pro-Lifers Only Pro-Birth?
Claire Fyrqvist, writer and pro-life activist, questions the conventional wisdom that pro-lifers only care about the baby in the womb.
The Pro-Life Movement at a Crossroads
Charles Camosy, Fordham University Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, urges prudence as the present political situation places the pro-life movement at a major crossroads.
Two Texan Anti-Abortion Approaches (One of Them Is Pro-Life)
Charles Camosy, Fordham University Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, discerns the important difference between two pro-life approaches in one state.
The Newest War on Women
Abigail Favale explores the recent mass transition out of femininity.
Neo-Colonialism and Reproductive Health
Obianuju Ekeocha, biomedical scientist and president of Culture of Life Africa, exposes the colonizing intent of Western aid to Africa.
Ross Douthat’s Expanding Seamless Garment
Charles Camosy, Fordham University Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, observes the expansion of the NYT columnist's pro-life horizons.
Can Justice Demand Prison Abolition?
Kathryn Getek Soltis, Villanova Center for Peace & Justice Education Director, reports on the growing case for prison abolition within Catholic teaching.
From Slavery to Incarceration
Katie Walker Grimes, Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University, analyzes the roots of incarceration in slavery.
The Eclipse of Sex by the Rise of Gender
Abigail Favale, Director of the William Penn Honors Program at George Fox, reconstructs the history of how collective focus shifted from sex to gender.
Prisons Are a Biblical Abomination
Vincent Lloyd, Villanova Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, argues that the biblical language of abomination applies to prisons.
Gestational Surrogacy Is Big Business
Adeline Allen, Associate Professor at Trinity Law School, zeroes in on the legal issues surrounding gestational surrogacy and its connections to abortion.
The Devastating Fallout from Prenatal Testing
Mary O’Callaghan, ND Center for Ethics & Culture Public Policy Fellow, discusses the devastating effects of prenatal testing on disabled children.
After Failing the Covington Catholic Test
Charles Camosy, Fordham Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, reconsiders his initial reactions to the Covington Catholic video and the March for Life.
Confessions of a Feminist Heretic
Abigail Favale reflects on abortion.
When the State Kills
Charles C. Camosy, Life and Dignity Writing Fellow, highlights some very disconcerting facts about the death penalty in the United States.
The Crisis of Catholic Moral Theology
Charles Camosy, Fordham University Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, identifies the causes of the crisis in the discipline of Catholic moral theology.
Contributions Towards a Structural Analysis of the Catholic Abuse Crisis
Katharina Westerhorstmann, University of Bonn Senior Lecturer in Moral Theology, identifies the individual and institutional causes of the sexual abuse crisis.