catholic natural law

First Things describes itself as “America’s most influential journal of religion and public life.” You might not have heard of First Things —the magazine’s circulation wouldn’t drain a bathtub and its…

No matter how Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is decided finally, restrictions unto bans on abortions will be courtesy of the institutional Roman Catholic Church. The United States…

Behind the official explanation for the continued ban on birth control was the need to maintain the link between sex and procreation, which was essential to the maintenance of the traditional, subordinate role of women, a key concern of the Catholic Church.

When the Supreme Court hears oral arguments December 5 in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, it will be the first time the Court has taken up a major gay-rights case since its…

The massacre of 49 individuals in an Orlando gay nightclub on June 12 has ignited a fierce and ongoing public debate about whether anti-LGBT laws and rhetoric lead to violence. Yesterday’s New York…

Sunday, October 11 was National Coming Out Day. The Canada-based Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights is featuring Telling Our Stories, a video portrait series. These countries were selected for…

Does God really work in such mysterious ways? Or, is it only the theologians who do?

Islamic State: Nine men reportedly executed for sodomy; UN Security Council hears testimony Islamic State militants reportedly executed nine men on Sunday “on charges of sexual perversion.” The…

Now that Pope Francis has officially affirmed a “very solid scientific consensus” that the earth is warming as a result of human activity and offered a point-by-point critique of an unsustainable…

The big news of the week was Irish voters’ overwhelming “yes” vote on a proposal to add marriage equality to the country’s constitution. The lopsided nature of the vote in heavily Catholic Ireland –…