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Jesuit Father James Martin and the LGBT community

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Today, on the feast Albert the Great, father of the natural sciences, I have written a letter to Father James Martin SJ, author of amongst others “Laughing with the Saints” and – recently, “Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity”. From Belgium, Europe, where I learned about his work via the internet, about his great sense of humor, I wanted to share with him some of my thoughts on what I read about his book concerning sexuality or ‘LGBT’. As a 60 years old former biology teacher from the Netherlands, husband, father of six and since sex months grandfather, I have specialized in the relationship between biology and faith as well as bioethics, sexual morality included and studied at the Institute for Theological Studies in Brussels of the French speaking Jesuits in Belgium. This has lead to my apostolate ‘Biofides’, al things biology and faith (both philosophically and ethically). This is what I wrote.  (more…)


The Catholic Church and Evolution: The Value of Interdisciplinary Scholarship

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Dr. Daniel Kuebler, Professor of Biology at Franciscan University of Steubenville, delivers his talk entitled “The Catholic Church and Evolution: The Value of Interdisciplinary Scholarship.” Dr. Kuebler’s talk was part of the Faculty Research Colloquia at Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Published on Dec. 21th 2015


Homosexuality and Catholicism

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What does the Catholic Church say about homosexuality? The answer is not as monolithic as some think. Let us find out how the Church came to this position and whether it can withstand scientific scrutiny.

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Science of the Theology of the Body

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wedding ringsIn the 93rd episode of his podcast called ‘Catholic Laboratory’, the Scottish catholic scientist Ian Maxfield revisits the Science of the Theology of the Body and takes a glance at several news stories and research papers that support the teachings of the Catholic Church on sexuality and morals. He already did so in earlier podcast episodes that we will mention here beneath.

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Galileo and Medieval Science – by James Hannam

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Sience and faith in a historical perspective

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23 Clips from an interview with Prof. Peter Harrison, former Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford, and director of the Centre of the History of European Discourses at the University of Queensland. Harrison gives a nuanced answers to questions on the differences and the interplay between science and faith from a historical perspective. He answers questions about the presumed conflict between science and faith, about Copernicus, Galileo and Darwin.

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God and Morality

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Another part of a video series from Wordonfire.org. Father Barron will be commenting on subjects from modern day culture. For more visit http://www.wordonfire.org


Arguments for Atheism?

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Richard Swinburne is the Emeritus Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion, University of Oxford. He is one of the leading analytic philosophers of religion and his contributions to Christian philosophy has been enormous. His first three books focused on the existence of God: The Coherence of Theism, The Existence of God, and Faith and Reason. Other books dealt with issues in philosophical theology, including The Christian God, The Problem of Evil, and The Evolution of the Soul.

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Think and Believe

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Biologist tend to have all sorts of ideas about religion in history, often times based on widespread misconceptions. In his book “Think and Believe”, Frederick Marks clarifies a lot of these misconceptions. He considers it to be a contribution to the ‘new evangelisation’ that is one of the main concerns of the Catholic Church, today.

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Organ Donation: What is the Position of the Catholic Church?

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MIDEAST-ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN-OPERATIONStephen R. Napier PhD, ethicist at the National Catholic Bioethics Center (Philadelphia, USA) gives a 3 minutes explanation of the position of the Catholic Church on Organ donation. This position is first and foremost a positive one. It is considered to be an act of generosity and charity. (Video)

 

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