Deacon-structing the Preferential Option for the Poor – Part 3 | Ethics

Sunday, August 11, 2019

Deacon Pedro

Deacon Pedro continues his exploration of the Church's preferential option for the poor by considering our ethical responsibilities.

Deacon-structing: Natural Law Part 3

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Deacon Pedro

So far in part 1 and part 2, we looked at how natural law is usually defined and how some of these definitions cause confusion. I also offered a definition that has always worked well for me. It helps to repeat it: Natural law is the law that says that all things work best or […]

Deacon-structing: Natural Law – Part 2

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Deacon Pedro

Last week I explained that I was surprised to see how much confusion there is surrounding the topic of natural law. If the Church needs to use the natural law argument in order to explain morality and especially sexual morality, we need to find a better way to explain it. Here’s my contribution: If you type […]

What is Marriage Part 2: The Nature of Things

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Deacon Pedro

Before I begin to untangle myself out of this noodle soup I’ve cooked, can I draw your attention to a comment (see comments at the bottom of the blog post) that came from Jason Gennaro — Jason makes an excellent comment that every definition about Marriage has to include God in it. So true. In […]

What is Marriage?

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Deacon Pedro

A couple of weeks ago I posted an entry titled: What If I Was Miss California – and I wondered how I would answer if I was asked the same question she was asked, on national television. The question is: Do you believe every State (in the U.S.) should legalise same-sex marriage? My response would […]