So when President Obama goes to Notre Dame this week, we should be sure what is at issue. He goes there for one reason, namely, in this symbolic place, to convince the vast majority of Catholics that his operative definition of “human rights,” not that of the Church, is the correct one.“Rights” mean precisely what the government defines them to mean. The president is the government.
“Liberty,” in this context, means this: The freedom to obey these laws that embody these “rights” that governments alone establish, whatever they are.
The American Founders would be astonished that our great nation has come to this pass.
James Schall, S.J., a professor at Georgetown University, is one of the most prolific Catholic writers in America. His most recent book is The Mind That Is Catholic.
Link (Here) to the full piece by Fr. James Schall, S.J.
James Schall, S.J., a professor at Georgetown University, is one of the most prolific Catholic writers in America. His most recent book is The Mind That Is Catholic.
Link (Here) to the full piece by Fr. James Schall, S.J.
2 comments:
Fr Schall is a wonderful man! He has fantastic insight into a variety of issues.
Pretty effective data, thanks so much for your article.
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