How do we reconcile God’s omnipresence with the existence and agency of the Devil and with the presence of sin and evil in general?
A perennial problem in human thinking is the question of good and evil. How can we reconcile the presence of…
Dean Woo reflects on formative experiences, decision to leave ND for Catholic Relief Services
Dean Carolyn Woo of the Mendoza College of Business recently announced her decision to leave Notre Dame and take up…
Saving Notre Dame’s soul: An interview with Fr. Bill Miscamble, CSC
The following interview with Notre Dame history professor Fr. Bill Miscamble, CSC, was conducted by Kathryn Jean Lopez and appeared…
Rev. Marvin R. O’Connell: Sorin’s biographer AND master historian
Fr. Marvin O’Connell is best known among Notre Dame students and alumni as the acclaimed biographer of Fr. Edward Sorin,…
Lessons I’ve learned from ACE
At mass this Friday, the first reading told of a group of men who seek to test the holiness of…
The crisis in Wisconsin and the wisdom of Irish bishops
The recent crisis in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Indiana over the rights of public unions will potentially lead to a major…
SOME ADVICE FOR CATHOLIC POLITICIANS OF THE FUTURE
his first encyclical letter DEUS CARITAS EST (God Is Love), Pope Benedict XVI reminded us, “Building a just social and…
Rediscovering the Carrolls
I recently took special notice of one of the museum cases in Notre Dame’s Basilica of the Sacred Heart. This…
A Stripper, Her Doctor, and the Case for Virtue Ethics
You’re a hot-shot doctor. (Don’t worry, pre-meds, you’ll make it eventually.) Jill, a 19-year-old young lady, comes to the hospital….
Lies and the Pro-life Movement
Christopher Tollefsen, PhD Professor of Philosophy, University of South Carolina Recent weeks have seen a flurry of activity from the…
