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"The Thanatos Syndrome"

Posted on November 30, 2009
Have you read Walker Percy's 1987 novel, "The Thanatos Syndrome"? You should! I admit it -- I read a bunch of Percy novels in law school, because I was told by a super-smart Catholic that, well, I should. I don't...

Congratulations to Teresa Stanton Collett

Posted on September 30, 2009
Congratulations are in order to Teresa Stanton Collett, colleague of our members from St. Thomas and a friend to many of us here at the Mirror of Justice. Teresa was nominated this morning to be a consultor to the Pontifical...

It´s a Small World on the Camino

Posted on September 30, 2009
As I opened the door yesterday morning, I could here other pilgrims as their walking sticks and trekking poles clicked against the cobblestones of the medieval city of St. Jean Pied de Port. On the way out of town in...

This looks interesting ...

Posted on September 30, 2009
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Dear Robert, in your post below, ...

Posted on September 30, 2009
... you quote this passage: "Dissent, in the form of carefully orchestrated protests and polemics carried on in the media, is opposed to ... a correct understanding of the hierarchical constitution of the People of God." Here's a translation of...

A house divided...

Posted on September 30, 2009
Thanks to Michael P. for bringing to our attention the National Catholic Reporter story about Sr. Theresa Kane, RSM. I had seen the story earlier today, and I have been following the accounts of the investigations of the Leadership Conference...

Mercy Sister Thersa Kane Critizes Church Hierarchy

Posted on September 30, 2009
This appeared this morning at NCRonline: Speaking at the 40th anniversary conference of the National Coalition of American Nuns in St. Louis, Mercy Sr. Theresa Kane offered a stinging rebuke to the Vatican for its treatment of women in general...

Lumen Gentium, the Dogmatic Constitution of the Church

Posted on September 30, 2009
I appreciate Michael's post with "a" translation of N. 113 of Veritatis Splendor. However, it seems that the text that I provided is in accord with Lumen Gentium wherein the people of God is discussed at considerable length. I think...

Welcome to Bob Hockett!

Posted on September 29, 2009
And the MOJ party rolls on! Robby George joined us a few weeks ago and today I am delighted to announce that Bob Hockett (Cornell) has also signed on. For more about Bob's wide-ranging, excellent work, go here. Strange (but...

The Constitution in 2020: Religion, Division, and Pluralism

Posted on September 29, 2009
I am participating this weekend in a conference at Yale Law School on "The Constitution in 2020" (more info here). There is also a blog up-and-running, where the various participants have posted summaries of their contributions to the conference. My....

Toleration or Respect?

Posted on September 29, 2009
Take a look at Brian Leiter's new paper, posted on SSRN, "Foundations of Religious Liberty: Toleration or Respect?" Here is the abstract: Should we think of what I will refer to generically as ?the law of religious liberty? as grounded...

Prof. Feldblum nominated to EEOC

Posted on September 29, 2009
Pres. Obama has nominated Prof. Chai Feldblum to be a member of the EEOC (thanks to Prof. Friedman for the link). This article of hers, "Moral Conflict and Liberty: Gay Rights and Religion", might be of interest. She concludes: [W]e...

"Love and Capitalism": TNR on PB16

Posted on September 29, 2009
Here (thanks to Michael Sean Winters, at America, for the link) is a piece, by David Niremberg, on the Pope's recent encyclical, Caritas in Veritate. (I posted some thoughts, here, a while back about the encyclical and the ways that,...

"Catholic Social Thought and Legal Education"

Posted on September 29, 2009
On Saturday, I had the pleasure of joining a number of my fellow MOJ-ers at Villanova for the Joseph T. McCullen, Jr. Symposium on Catholic Social Thought and the Law. It was a wonderful event. At the same time, it...

Who is Contributing to Sexualization of Children?

Posted on September 29, 2009
One of the most disturbing and unpleasant things I've had to do in a long time was to spend three hours on a Monday evening at a training program for volunteers at our parish school. This training program is mandated...

More on the Sexualization of Children

Posted on September 29, 2009
On the topic of the sexualization of children, one particularly passionate and articulate defender of children, Mary Leary at Catholic, has just posted a new paper: "Death to 'Child Erotica'". From the abstract: The world of child sexual exploitation is...

Doug Mills/The New York Times.

Posted on September 29, 2009
Doug Mills/The New York Times. The Supreme Court photograph is taken only when there is a change on the bench.

Interesting New Work on Christian-Muslim Relations

Posted on September 28, 2009
The most recent issue of Commonweal has a fascinating article on the interaction between St. Francis of Assisi and Sultan Malik al-Kamil during the Fifth Crusade. The piece is an adaptation of Paul Moses' The Saint and the Sultan: The...

Camino Reflections

Posted on September 27, 2009
I leave Cantabria tomorrow for St. Jean Pied de Port, Fr where I will start walking on Tuesday. But, the Camino has been with me from the beginning. I met a law professor from Melbourne on the Metro in Madrid...

UPDATE: See below ...

Posted on September 26, 2009
Bill Kostroun/Associated Press Justice Sotomayor Throws Out First Pitch By JACK CURRY 6:26 PM ET Yankees catcher Jorge Posada escorted Justice Sonia Sotomayor to the field to throw the first pitch before the Yankees played the Boston Red Sox on...

The Scandal of the Sexualization of Children

Posted on September 25, 2009
Rob Vischer does a service by calling our attention to the scandal of the sexualization of children. It began in earnest in our society with Kinsey and his outrageous (and largely fraudulent) research. In recent decades it has metastasized to...

Coming Out in Middle School

Posted on September 24, 2009
You should read this NYT Magazine story, if only to get a snapshot of how much more complicated things seem to be for budding adolescents today: Austin doesn?t have to play ?the pretend game,? as he calls it, anymore. At...

Islam on Capitol Hill

Posted on September 24, 2009
There has been a lot of concern expressed in the blogosphere (and on Facebook) about a large Muslim prayer gathering on Capitol Hill scheduled for tomorrow. One of the organizers apparently said some inflammatory things in an interview, including some...

Should the government take sides in intra-religious debates?

Posted on September 23, 2009
From the "better late than never" file: Keith Pavlischek has this post, over at First Things, asking whether it "violates the First Amendment" to "oppos[e] radical Islam". He writes: Since the Islamists believe they are permitted, indeed obliged, by their...

Teaching Terror as a Moral Obligation and the First Amendment

Posted on September 23, 2009
I think the question whether teaching that the practice of terror is a moral obligation is constitutionally protected primarily raises free speech issues (not freedom of religion issues), and under current law, the rules dictate that the facts are important...

An article of interest to MOJ readers

Posted on September 23, 2009
Catholic Moral Demands in American Politics: A New Paradigm By Jo Renee Formicola J. of Church and State Here.

A good day: New Eamon Duffy

Posted on September 23, 2009
I received today a copy of Eamon Duffy's new book, "The Fires of Faith: Catholic England Under Mary Tudor." A must-read (Ed.: Have you read it? RG: No, but I just know. Ed.: Fair enough.).

Where goeth political debate?

Posted on September 23, 2009
Many thanks to Rob Vischer for bringing to our attention the recent developments regarding Professor Scott FitzGibbon of Boston College Law School and the ?ruckus? over his appearance in a political advertisement concerning the state of Maine marriage referendum...

Should an anti-SSM professor be welcome in an inclusive law school?

Posted on September 22, 2009
Boston College law prof Scott Fitzgibbon has caused quite a ruckus by appearing in an ad opposing same-sex marriage. I don't have anything new to say about the ad itself, but I was struck by a post at the popular...

Does CST's support of the market extend to health care?

Posted on September 22, 2009
Over at PrawfsBlawg, Rick Esenberg responds to my question about Bishop Nickless's statement regarding the importance of defending the private sector in health care. Rick comments: Rob asks whether Catholic Social Thought actually claims that "a flourishing private sector" is...

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