Tag Archives: greed

Poverty and Libertarianism

While personally admiring of some principles of libertarianism, I've tended to think of libertarians as the partisans of employed, healthy, childless, college educated people. That said, America's current political climate has had me rethinking my priorities for what should be done now.

The Ladder of Divine Ascent: Avarice and Poverty

Thisentryis part 4 of 8 in the series The Ladder of Divine AscentFrom The Ladder of Divine Ascent by St. John Climacus: "Do not say that you are interested in money for the sake of the poor, for two mites were sufficient to purchase the kingdom of heaven (cf. Luke 21:2)." […] "The pretext of almsgiving is the […]

Ipsane Res Loquitur?

My atheist buddy Peter (who long-time readers might remember as Theomorph) has provided a lot of food for thought recently. I'd like to know what my theist readers think of his ruminations.

Investigating NFP: Pius XII

Thisentryis part 3 of 11 in the series Investigating NFP Click here to read the previous post in this series. I have recently come to the (re)realization that bishops are the authoritative teaching body of the Church. As such, it is their responsibility to properly and effectively teach such sticky subjects as the regulation of […]

Investigating NFP: Pius XI

Thisentryis part 2 of 11 in the series Investigating NFPClick here to read the previous post in this series. It's time to get our hands dirty by digging into the writings of recent popes to find out what they had to say about contraceptive issues. Let's start with Pius XI's 1930 Casti Connubii, which was […]