Reconnecting the Sacraments with the Moral Life Sadly, our world is more divided than ever before. Even a cursory glance at politics, education, or culture suffices to give one the impression that compromise is often no longer possible. The most essential principle to any civilization is the respect owing to every single human person, and even this …
Michael Vacca of the Christ Medicus Foundation joins NCBC’s Joe Zalot to discuss how First Amendment religious liberty protections have been challenged during the coronavirus pandemic.
In assessing when there is a duty to preserve life, the Church distinguishes between ordinary and extraordinary means.[1] Ordinary means must be taken to preserve life, and extraordinary means can be morally refused.[2] It is, therefore, critical to properly characterize particular means of preserving human life as ordinary or extraordinary, that is, as morally obligatory …