Purple Catholicism Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/columns/charles-c-camosy/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Mon, 01 Jul 2024 20:02:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Purple Catholicism Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/columns/charles-c-camosy/ 32 32 How Catholic seminaries can serve the creative explosion in US Catholic education https://religionnews.com/2024/07/01/how-catholic-seminaries-can-serve-the-creative-explosion-in-u-s-catholic-education/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/01/how-catholic-seminaries-can-serve-the-creative-explosion-in-u-s-catholic-education/#respond Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:50:35 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4155728 (RNS) — Catholic seminaries can stop their own decline by re-envisioning their role in the life of the church.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/01/how-catholic-seminaries-can-serve-the-creative-explosion-in-u-s-catholic-education/feed/ 0 Christian ethics has long supported disability justice. Today, we need to do more. https://religionnews.com/2024/05/30/christian-ethics-has-long-supported-disability-justice-today-we-need-to-do-more/ https://religionnews.com/2024/05/30/christian-ethics-has-long-supported-disability-justice-today-we-need-to-do-more/#respond Thu, 30 May 2024 20:27:09 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4150922 (RNS) — Catholics and others must fight for a broader ideal of disability justice.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/05/30/christian-ethics-has-long-supported-disability-justice-today-we-need-to-do-more/feed/ 0 Can secular health care institutions be trusted to make a moral brain death policy? https://religionnews.com/2024/04/29/can-secular-health-care-institutions-be-trusted-to-make-a-moral-brain-death-policy/ https://religionnews.com/2024/04/29/can-secular-health-care-institutions-be-trusted-to-make-a-moral-brain-death-policy/#respond Mon, 29 Apr 2024 17:25:30 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4145546 (RNS) — A lack of consensus on the definition of ‘brain death’ has led to a default policy that declares living people dead.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/04/29/can-secular-health-care-institutions-be-trusted-to-make-a-moral-brain-death-policy/feed/ 0 How Catholic is our president? The view from the SOTU. https://religionnews.com/2024/03/11/how-catholic-is-our-president-the-view-from-the-sotu/ https://religionnews.com/2024/03/11/how-catholic-is-our-president-the-view-from-the-sotu/#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2024 15:02:04 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4136953 (RNS) — President Joe Biden had the opportunity to show the complexity of Catholic thought.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/03/11/how-catholic-is-our-president-the-view-from-the-sotu/feed/ 0 Alabama’s ruling puts the rights of the vulnerable above convenience of the powerful https://religionnews.com/2024/02/23/alabamas-ruling-puts-the-rights-of-the-vulnerable-above-convenience-of-the-powerful/ https://religionnews.com/2024/02/23/alabamas-ruling-puts-the-rights-of-the-vulnerable-above-convenience-of-the-powerful/#respond Fri, 23 Feb 2024 17:32:28 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4134444 (RNS) — We should do what's right for its own sake, not because it's the most convenient.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/02/23/alabamas-ruling-puts-the-rights-of-the-vulnerable-above-convenience-of-the-powerful/feed/ 0 Why pro-lifers are focusing on unwanted abortions https://religionnews.com/2024/01/31/why-pro-lifers-are-focusing-on-unwanted-abortions/ https://religionnews.com/2024/01/31/why-pro-lifers-are-focusing-on-unwanted-abortions/#respond Wed, 31 Jan 2024 19:12:27 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4130496 (RNS) — From college students to partner violence victims, many women feel forced to terminate pregnancies.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/01/31/why-pro-lifers-are-focusing-on-unwanted-abortions/feed/ 0 Is being rich bad for your soul? Yes, but not for the reason you expect https://religionnews.com/2024/01/04/is-being-rich-bad-for-your-soul-yes-but-not-for-the-reason-you-expect/ https://religionnews.com/2024/01/04/is-being-rich-bad-for-your-soul-yes-but-not-for-the-reason-you-expect/#respond Thu, 04 Jan 2024 21:36:19 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4126438 (RNS) — The rich don’t just end up making themselves unhappy. They want us to be unhappy too.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/01/04/is-being-rich-bad-for-your-soul-yes-but-not-for-the-reason-you-expect/feed/ 0 William Wilberforce would be scandalized by the pro-factory farming EATS Act https://religionnews.com/2023/12/01/william-wilberforce-would-be-scandalized-by-the-pro-factory-farming-eats-act/ https://religionnews.com/2023/12/01/william-wilberforce-would-be-scandalized-by-the-pro-factory-farming-eats-act/#respond Fri, 01 Dec 2023 19:01:31 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4121921 (RNS) — It's a diabolical end-run around laws that attempt to respect God’s created order.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/12/01/william-wilberforce-would-be-scandalized-by-the-pro-factory-farming-eats-act/feed/ 0 Did Pope Francis just add to the church’s teaching on animals? https://religionnews.com/2023/10/12/did-pope-francis-laudate-deum-just-add-to-the-catholic-churchs-teaching-on-animals/ https://religionnews.com/2023/10/12/did-pope-francis-laudate-deum-just-add-to-the-catholic-churchs-teaching-on-animals/#respond Thu, 12 Oct 2023 18:34:53 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4114307 (RNS) — The short answer: His 'Laudate Deum' gives us more hope, even if it lacks specifics.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/10/12/did-pope-francis-laudate-deum-just-add-to-the-catholic-churchs-teaching-on-animals/feed/ 0 The real threat of AI isn’t what you think https://religionnews.com/2023/09/29/the-real-threat-of-ai-isnt-what-you-think/ https://religionnews.com/2023/09/29/the-real-threat-of-ai-isnt-what-you-think/#respond Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:33:59 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4112318 (RNS) — AI has the capacity to undermine our understanding of the human person.

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