by Nick Patricca | Aug 7, 2013
“Men never commit evil so fully and joyfully as when they do it from religious convictions.” Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623—19 August 1662). We are all acutely aware of the great evil done in the name of God. Every day the media report killings and other...
by Nick Patricca | Jul 2, 2013
Once upon a time, when I was teaching a graduate course in the history of Christian thought and culture, a PhD student in Christian theology challenged me with this question: ‘How can you justify homosexual activity?’ My gut instinct as a scholar was to...
by Nick Patricca | Jun 5, 2013
Early Christianity in the West harbored a strong suspicion of human sexuality. It did not single out homosexual acts for special condemnation. All sexual acts were judged, more or less, by the same criteria. Early Christianity in the West harbored a strong suspicion...
by Nick Patricca | May 1, 2013
I am often asked: “How can you be Gay and Catholic?” Sometimes I want to respond by saying: “How can I be a philosopher and Catholic?” For me both of these questions are essentially related because at their heart they both ask how a thinking...
by Nick Patricca | Apr 3, 2013
Wikipedia, the Vatican, and GQ inform me that Benedict 16’s Moroccan Red Leather Shoes were not made by Prada, as many have mistakenly claimed, but hand-made by a Peruvian artisan in Rome. (However, my niece did espy Benedict coming out of Prada on Madison...
