"A person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behavior" -- the dictionary definition of "conscience." Whenever I make the common-sense argument that people need to ...

THE spiritual essence and the genuine principle of democracy as it exists in the world today can be compared to a healthy tree which has been overgrown by parasites. When at the end of the eighteenth ...

A Reflection for Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time “On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully. In front ...

It’s always good to define our terms. In his Modern Catholic Dictionary, Servant of God John Hardon provided a good definition of “Examination of Conscience”: Reflection in God’s presence on one’s ...

Few novelists have captured the ultimate ambiguity of conscience better than Mark Twain did in Huckleberry Finn. Jim, the escaped slave who accompanies Huck down the river on a raft, is on a journey ...

A portrait of George Floyd is seen in New York City during a protest against racial inequality June 8, 2020. (CNS photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters) In the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election, ...

You and your friend both have a sweet tooth but you eat more sweets than they do. Why? Maybe your sweet tooth is bigger or maybe you’re just better at justifying eating more sweets. Or maybe you’re ...

“There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all.” — Ogden Nash “A man’s conscience is the Lord’s searchlight exposing ...

Two years ago this month, as the COVID-19 virus spread uncontrollably through large swaths of the country, much of our society shut down. Church services were suspended. We all learned about ...