Good is to be done and pursued and evil is to be avoided.” So goes the first principle of natural law according to Thomas Aquinas, a morality that remains foundational for much of Catholic ethics. This principle is both obvious...
Can Aquinas help us navigate our world’s moral complexity?
Navigating moral complexity requires discernment and action, especially in a world shaped by systemic injustice.
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February 2025
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CURRENT ISSUE
Picture the saints
Artist Grace Morbitzer envisions the saints as models for an inclusive church.
BY JEAN P. KELLY
Redemption work
Catholic advocacy groups in Nigeria address an incarceration crisis.
BY VALENTINE BENJAMIN
Consider the birds
There’s a reason birds are so ubiquitous in human religions and mythologies, say these two scholars.
AN INTERVIEW WITH PETRA GARDELLA AND LAURENCE KRUTE
Bring good news
Catholics are called to connect with and care for incarcerated individuals.
BY ALESSANDRA HARRIS
A human paradigm
We need a humanities education that can challenge the technocratic paradigm.
BY HEIDI BOSTIC
“My prayer for our nation is that we have the courage to recommit ourselves to dismantling the structures that perpetuate a culture of death and to building up a culture of life.”
Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy, Catholic Mobilizing Network