MoJ: Kramer on the "Purgative" Justification for Capital Punishment

Moral Absolutes and the Divine Command by Robert T. Miller

(see also God and Moral Absolutes by Matthew O'Brien)

Thaddeus Kozinski has some posts over at ISI reviewing Sertillanges and his recommendations for cultivating the intellectual life.

Thomistica.net: The Catholic Theological Society of America--and St. Thomas Aquinas

No Intentional Killing of the Innocent: A Response to Miscamble and O’Brien by Christopher O. Tollefsen

Montesinos 500th Anniversary

John Zmirak, Gifts of the Spirit: What’s the Return Policy?

Immigration and American Exceptionalism (via MOJ)

Immigration and American Exceptionalism from Center for Vision and Values on Vimeo.

Rorate Caeli: New Secretary General of International Theological Commission
Saint Thomas and the historical method

The Smithy: New Doctor and A Ramble on Ockham, Scholarship, and Other Matters

Chief tells Pope: we must revive soul of Europe

And how, exactly, is this going to be accomplished? Another empty ecumenical gesture? Are Jews going to pray for Christians to be better Christians?

He called on Christians and Jews to open a "new chapter" in their relationship: "If Europe loses the Judeo-Christian heritage that gave it its historic identity and its greatest achievements in literature, art, music, education, politics, and economics, it will lose its identity and its greatness.

One might have thought that the claim of a "Judeo-Christian" identity or culture was limited to Americans. Christianity is rooted in Judaism but that is not the same as the Judaism that came into being through the rejection of Christ.

Affirmative Action in the Church?

Given how feminized the Church and hierarchy are already, is this such a wise move?

Rome Reports: Pope to canonize and name Hildegard of Bingen as Doctor of the Church



How influential has she been on theology?

Rorate Caeli

James Chastek: Philosophies of Nature, Old and Modern

Thomistica.net: Christ and Spirituality in St. Thomas Aquinas: A New Book by Fr. Torrell

Switzerland’s newest bishop ready to evangelize

Zenit: Prelate's Address on the Holy See as Member of the International Organization for Migration


"The Ethical Implications of the Current Situation Seem to Require a Renewed Discussion"

Rorate Caeli: Msgr. Gherardini: Vatican II is not a super-dogma
The importance and the limits of the authentic Magisterium

The Smithy: Scotus' Razor

MoJ: Review of Taylor & Maclure, "Secularism and Freedom of Conscience"

Journal en continu - Séquences choisies - Ordination de Charles Morerod

Related:
Sandro Magister, Theologians, Apologists. What the New Bishops Have To Be