Dignitas Infinita fails to treat women and transgender persons with the basic respect and consideration their dignity requires, writes theologian M. Therese Lysaught.
Time will tell if rumors about Archbishop Georg Gänswein getting a new job as a Vatican ambassador are true, writes Renardo Schlegelmilch. For now the former secretary to Pope Benedict XVI remains in Germany, and unemployed.
A just society needs to enact laws that keep people from harming themselves and others, especially when such harm increases the likelihood that still more people will be harmed, writes Michael Sean Winters.
Sr. Christine Schenk wanted to pay her respects to Bishop Thomas Gumbleton. She found a personal and heartfelt memorial service at the motherhouse of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters in Monroe, Michigan.
The Vatican's Dignitas Infinita does an excellent job establishing the valuable character of human dignity, writes David DeCosse. The document fares less well in how it embeds dignity into life's concrete circumstances.
I understand dramatic responses to digital technology in the context of the Mass. The physical elements of the sacraments are the whole point. But here are three strong arguments for continuing to stream the Mass.
Going to areas that do not lean toward one's own party is healthy for the party, exposing its candidates to the concerns of people with whom they do not normally interact, writes NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.