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James T. Bretzke, S.J., is a professor of theology at John Carroll University and the author of Handbook of Roman Catholic Moral Terms (Georgetown University Press), A Morally Complex World and Consecrated Phrases: A Latin Theological Dictionary (Liturgical Press).

FaithFaith and Reason
James T. Bretzke
The Catholic Church’s ethical tradition gives us some navigational aids in traversing the difficult terrain of mask mandates and vaccine requirements during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Pope Francis embraces Humberto and Claudia Gomez, who are married civilly but not in the church, during a meeting with families at the Victor Manuel Reyna Stadium in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico, Feb. 15.
Synod on the Family
James T. Bretzke
Pope Francis clearly believes there are few, if any, simple “recipes” for what following a formed and informed conscience looks like.
FaithFaith and Reason
James T. BretzkeRichard R. GaillardetzJulie Hanlon Rubio
Three theologians respond to the recent censure of Sister Margaret Farley for her 2006 book 'Just Love.'
James T. Bretzke
In a Dilbert cartoon, “Mike the Vegan” takes pride in claiming that he uses “no animal products whatsoever.” Dilbert reminds him, though, that his clothing was made on sewing machines that use electricity produced from fossil fuels. The last panel shows Mike walking down the
Books
James T. Bretzke
While the majority of the 53 000 babies born prematurely each year in the United States would have died soon after birth if they had been born years ago this improvement is not an unmitigated success story since a good number of these children will endure long-term suffering and disability John L
Books
James T. Bretzke
Agere sequitur esse action follows being is the traditional statement of the metaphysical and moral principle that grounds a person rsquo s moral duties and the possibilities in one rsquo s very being Any moral quot ought quot is founded on the quot is quot the given reality of the individu