The Problem of “Catholics for Equality”
How can such incompatible beliefs as Catholicism and “pro-marriage-equality” be held within one person?
Tag: catholicism
Newman, and the development of Catholic teaching on abortion and homosexuality
“… and old principles reappear under new forms. It [a great idea] changes with them in order to remain the same. In a higher world it is otherwise, but here below to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.” So goes the argument of Blessed John Henry Newman’s Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine. Like any great idea, doctrine must change in order to remain the same. Only dead doctrine cannot change, for “a power of development is a proof of life.”
A Letter to the Philosophy Department at Notre Dame
I recently completed my exit survey as a philosophy major at Notre Dame. With it, I included the following thoughtsContinue Reading
Forgotten Notre Dame
As I complete my undergraduate years, I am faced with the hard truth that one day I will be forgottenContinue Reading
Know Thine Enemy
The following column was published in The Observer on Tuesday, April 29, 2013. I came to Notre Dame three months after PresidentContinue Reading
On Staying Catholic
The following column was published in The Observer on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. I almost gave up Catholicism twice while at NotreContinue Reading
DARTing advice you won’t get
The following column was published in The Observer on Wednesday, April 2, 2013. Here are ten DARTing tips you won’t typically getContinue Reading
Papa Franc and the Legacy of Bene
The new pope is Pope Francis. I have yet to determine whether this is for Francis of Assisi or FrancisContinue Reading
Mr. Crummett’s Cookies
The following letter to the editor was published in The Observer on March 7, 2013. It was a response to aContinue Reading
Idylls and Rambles, by Fr. Schall
Fr. James Schall is a member of the “old school.” He teaches at a very old school, but he is somewhatContinue Reading
Chris Damian 