consistent ethic of life Archives

Tobin and Cupich: Battling the bullies; creating a culture of encounter

Nov 17, 2017

Approaching the one-year anniversary of being elevated to cardinals in the U.S. Church, Archbishops Blase Cupich of Chicago and Joe Tobin of Newark are working to build a “culture of encounter” in a divided country. In an interview with Crux, Tobin and Cupich discuss the challenges facing the U.S. on immigration, social media warfare, and the rise of polarization within the Church and the country.

By Christopher White

Head of Vatican’s Academy of Life: Dialogue is love, not compromise

Jul 19, 2017

In an interview, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia explains the Vatican’s Academy for Life’s new strategy and vision and the important role non-Catholic members could play in promoting them. The archbishop wants the academy to aim to be missionary in outlook, seeking to tackle what he calls “the great frontiers of life” in collaboration with believers of other churches and faiths as well as non-believers.

By Austen Ivereigh

‘Consistent Life Ethic’ needed to change attitudes on abortion
- May 18, 2017
In a cultural climate and society that so often dehumanizes fellow members of our human family in the name of “autonomy” or “the common good” or “justice,” we must be voices that rehumanize our fellow human beings and seek to restore to each and every human the respect, value, and protection that should be common sense. The Consistent Life Ethic is for everyone, because the rights, life, and dignity of each human being is our foundation.

By Charles C. Camosy
No, a Consistent Ethic of Life doesn’t mean going soft on abortion
- Oct 21, 2016
Critics have seen the idea of a ‘Consistent Ethic of Life’ as code for ignoring or playing down abortion, and in some cases they may have a point, but that’s not how the vast majority of Church leaders such as Pope Francis see it.

By Charles C. Camosy
A conversation on abortion that moves beyond stale polarities
- Oct 12, 2016
Thanks to folks like my fellow panelists that represent an ever-growing and diverse coalition of people that are more interested in better policies, a new course for building a robust pro-life, pro-woman movement is being chartered.

By Christopher White
The consistent ethic of life under Pope Francis
- Oct 4, 2016
In the second in a series of pieces to the run-up to November’s presidential election considering a Consistent Ethic of Life as the foundation of a possible alternative political party, Charles Camosy focuses on the direction in which Pope Francis has pushed the ethic.

By Charles C. Camosy