Science and religion is a big issue in the United States, and increasingly in other developed countries such as Australia, Canada and the UK. In other countries of the European Union, it was until recently a non-issue. During the early years of John Paul II’s pontificate, the well known evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould who [...]
Democracy Has Morality But No Theology
February 5, 2009 By 131 Comments
There is a rare beauty in the Constitution that founds our Democracy, bared by the whetstones of our recent discussions on God, politics and morality. That beauty in the Constitution is both poetic and rhetorical because once you see it, you realize that it distills a hidden and perhaps surprising truth about Democracy. Then a [...]
As the Catholic Taliban Sing Hallelujah
December 30, 2008 By 165 Comments
SIR HUGH CLIFFORD, a British diplomat in Spanish Manila, later to become Governor of Ceylon, was to write about the events of this day in history for Blackwoods Magazine as follows: “It was early morning, December 30, 1896, and the bright sunshine of the tropics streamed down upon the open space, casting hard fantastic shadows, [...]
Freedom of Religion is not Religion, Father
September 3, 2008 By 17 Comments
1987 FOUNDING FATHER and renowned Constitutionalist Joaquin Bernas, S.J. expressed himself recently on the matter of Pluralistic Societies in which he discusses two key concepts (1) non-establishment and (2) free exercise. The first clause prohibits making any religion the official state religion. More than that, however, the non-establishment clause has been understood to mean that: [...]
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