We learn that “in front of” Jesus, there was a man suffering from dropsy (today called “edema”). We are not told if he is one ...

"A person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behavior" -- the dictionary definition of "conscience." Whenever I make the common-sense argument that people need to ...

How will St. John Henry Newman, who will be declared a doctor of the church on Nov. 1, be known? There is one title that ...

It’s always good to define our terms. In his Modern Catholic Dictionary, Servant of God John Hardon provided a good definition of “Examination of Conscience”: Reflection in God’s presence on one’s ...

It has been my opinion for some time that conscience is an unreliable guide. The feminine conscience especially is too much governed by conventions. Recently circumstances have involved me in a course ...

Through the generosity of Mike and Phyllis Shea, David DeCosse, director, religious and Catholic ethics with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics has spearheaded a project on the theology of ...

“There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all.” — Ogden Nash “A man’s conscience is the Lord’s searchlight exposing ...

THE word ‘crisis’ has become a commonplace. It confronts us in every morning’s newspaper, in every other magazine article. It stares at us from the title pages of books. Every week we are told that ...

Two years ago this month, as the COVID-19 virus spread uncontrollably through large swaths of the country, much of our society shut down. Church services were suspended. We all learned about ...