Tag Archives: Moral questions

Secrecy

Posted on Tuesday, 9 December, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It was in 2012 that I last wrote on this subject of secrecy. Only a year before, Archbishop Hepworth still had secret dealings with Rome and “everything would be all right”. A month later, the bombshell exploded about the sexual … Continue reading →

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Lighten our Darkness…

Posted on Friday, 28 November, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Following on from the more depressing aspects of Christmas (or at least its materialistic / commercial version), I see articles like this one on the phenomenon of Black Friday. I am astounded how some people can be so bestial as … Continue reading →

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Is it all about sexual ethics?

Posted on Tuesday, 4 November, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I get a little annoyed when the Christian philosophy of life is all brought down to family and sexual ethics. That is at least the impression when I read The Synod and the Ordinariates, which I found via Deborah Gyapong’s … Continue reading →

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De spiritali amicitia

Posted on Wednesday, 17 September, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It is quite a while since I wrote Aelred of Rievaulx and Friendship on the basis of the famous dialogue by Aelred of Rievaulx. Fr Hunwicke has just written two articles in this vein with the problem of homosexual “marriage” in … Continue reading →

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Clerical Sex Abuse

Posted on Tuesday, 3 June, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Some of us are aware that there has been a Special Commission of Enquiry in Australia to investigate the dark secrets of Roman Catholic bishops who should have gone to the police or criminal authorities to report perverted priests abusing … Continue reading →

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Even when Judas hanged himself, there was a storm too…

Posted on Wednesday, 16 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I love the old Clint Eastwood films! One of my favourites is The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. This film involves a Mexican by the name of Tuco, a professional bandit and brother of a Franciscan priest. From 3 … Continue reading →

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Humility

Posted on Wednesday, 2 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In Christian spirituality, humility is one of those almost taboo subjects – if you think you’re humble, you’re not humble. It would seem that you can really get tied in knots thinking about it! I have found this psychological and … Continue reading →

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Gay Marriage

Posted on Monday, 31 March, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I read on some blogs and in the news that the UK has passed laws allowing same-sex marriages. The same happened in France about a year ago, and there were fierce demonstrations organised by Civitas. The big problem is that … Continue reading →

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Inject, Shoot or Hang?

Posted on Monday, 20 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The USA is just about the only western country to have kept capital punishment. I have written on this topic before on Capital Punishment. I have noticed in various articles that prison facilities concerned with executing people who are condemned to … Continue reading →

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Another Plea for a Church of Human Dimensions

Posted on Monday, 25 November, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My brother priest Fr Jonathan Munn has written another cri de coeur – Unashamed Idealism. I added a brief comment, suggesting that my old article Rigorism,Tutiorism and Probabilism had some relevance by analysing the roots of the legalistic and judgemental attitude … Continue reading →

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