Last semester I took a course entitled The Ethics of Thomas Aquinas. Though I had read several parts of the Summa Theologiae before, I had never had the opportunity to systematically work through what is […]
Author: Meg Stapleton Smith
God is Still Speaking Through the Smog
Below is the transcript of Pope Francis’ homily at Madison Square Garden, with questions (seen in bold) for contemplation, reflection, and meditation. I pray that the Holy Father’s words speak to all Catholics, so that […]
Open Letter to Pope Francis: Being Church at the Peripheries
Below is an open letter to Pope Francis written by two Daily Theology contributors, Kevin Ahern and Meg Stapleton Smith with the input from Catholic leaders from around the United States . This letter does […]
The Gospel, Mercy, and Chemotherapy
The first time I walked into the “chemo room”, I wanted out. I was there to support my friend, but he was far calmer than I. Let’s just say that going into a doctor’s office […]
Book Review on “Structures of Grace: Catholic Organizations Serving the Global Common Good”
Kevin Ahern, Structures of Grace: Catholic Organizations Serving the Global Common Good (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2015), pp. 224 Nearly half the world – over three billion people – live on less that $2.50 a […]
Saint Francis and the Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis
Over 40 years ago, Lynn White Jr. published The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis, an article that sparked a significant number of theologians to connect the harmful understanding of the God-world relationship within Christianity […]
Vamos Todos, Vamos Todas
On February 13, 1977, Salvadoran Jesuit Rutilio Grande, who was a close friend of Oscar Romero, gave a sermon responding to the abduction and expulsion of Mario Bernal, a Colombian priest working in the neighboring […]
The Beloved of Romero
“If God accepts the sacrifice of my life, may my death be for the freedom of my people … A bishop will die, but the Church of God, which is the people, will never perish.” […]
The Details of Our Devotion
There are few writers that have impacted my view of the world, and the way I see myself in it, as profoundly as Mary Oliver has. I have added her poems to my personal collection […]
Discovering Forgiveness
The day of the Boston Marathon bombings, and the days that followed, were some of the most terrifying days of my life. Patriot’s Day, also lovingly known as Marathon Monday, is one of the most […]
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