To recall an old rhyme: "Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me."

Principal theological difficulties in the "Instrumentum Laboris" (IL) for the 2018 synod:

John Stuart Mill's book "On Liberty" (1859) is the great foundational document of today's dominant theory of morality: I mean moral liberalism, the theory that says that, for adults, any conduct is morally permissible provided it does no harm to others.

Stephen Hawking was a courageous man, writes Fr. Raymond de Souza, who had a memorable encounter with Hawking in 1995.

It's sometimes hard to distinguish the show from the sideshow.

The word "catechesis" comes from the Greek word "to teach."

Recovering the discipline of good Catholic moral reasoning is urgent, Philadelphia shepherd says.

Most people today "absolutely" maintain that they do not hold or live by "absolutes."

Reasoning has acquired a sketchy, even negative, reputation in recent years.