Lex Christianorum

T HERE IS AN ORDER OF JUSTICE, and there is an order of mercy. St. Thomas speaks of an order of justice and an order of mercy in God,* both ...

J OHN PAUL II'S ENCYCLICAL Evangelium vitae raised significant consternation among Catholics on the matter of the death penalty. To the...

I T IS WELL-NIGH INDISPUTABLE that the Church Fathers, even those prior to the Edict of Milan who confronted an enemy State, held fast to th...

I N OUR LAST POST, we addressed the issue of capital punishment from the perspectives of the Old Testament and the New Testament. Succinctl...

President Obama's speech at the University of Notre Dame was masterful and politically adept. There is much in the speech that simply is...