Catholic Moral Theology

I know, another post on AI. It seems like that is all there is these days. Concerns about labor and the environment, commentary on Magnifica Humanitas or expressions of anxiety about teaching (especially as the semester gets going), I’ve read about all of these. I might even have written on all of them. However, as the pope notes, “any statement regarding AI risks be...

The following is a guest post from June 26, 2015 by Jim Caccamo of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA

For the past 10 years, I've been teaching an upper level course in technology ethics. Students learn fundamental...

This week’s scripture readings are here…

Editor’s note: This is a classic post reposted from 2014, by Beth Haile of blessed memory. Her reflections on solidarity and Peter’s leap of faith connect to immigration questions as they existed more than a decade ago ...

Editor’s Note: This post is a part of a series of responses to “From Coercion to Fascination: Grades, Vulnerability, and Responsibility” curated by

Julian of Norwich was a Christian mystic who lived from around 1342 to around 1416 (we do not know exact dates). In May 1373, when she was thirty-and-a-half years old, she received a series of visions as she was suffering from a serious illness. These sixteen “shewings,” which focus on her experience of witnessing the suffering of Christ and talking to him about his pain, res...