“As the capabilities of medicine, surgery, drugs and devices grow, so do questions about the legal, moral and institutional obligations on their use.”
Ask Father Tom: What does a hospital ethics committee do?
Ask Father Tom: What does it mean to have a ‘well-formed conscience’?
“Forming an authentically Catholic political conscience takes courage, honesty, prudence and the sacrifice of individual gain for the sake of the common good and the truth revealed in the person and message of Jesus.”
Ask Father Tom: The Golden Rule and fundamental attitudes
“Do I confuse the useful with the truly valuable-in-itself?”
Ask Father Tom: Silent churches and the presence of the Lord
Those who help sustain and grow the faith are some of the heroes to the St. Cloud Diocese during the coronavirus.
Ask Father Tom: What do we really mean when we say ‘I believe’?
Faith is not an assent to abstract truth, but trust in a person whose love for us is the very reason we exist at all.
Ask Father Tom: How often must I forgive?
Forgiveness frees people to be their true selves, with the residue of past guilt no longer holding them fast.
Ask Father Tom: Who do you say that I am?
Mark’s Gospel and the O Antiphons focus on the question of Jesus’ identity.
Real Presence: Do you believe in miracles?
Bread and wine become the actual substance of the body and blood of Christ during the Eucharist.