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Category Archives: Catholic Social Teaching

Public Comment on Proposal 5

The following was sent to the Vermont statehouse on January 26, 2022, in anticipation of a public hearing on Proposal 5. The attached is Public Comment on Proposal 5 – Rev. Timothy Naples I submit this testimony specifically to comment on Proposal 5, which proposes to affirm in the Vermont constitution “an individual’s right to …

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Posted byRev. Timothy NaplesJanuary 28, 2022Posted inCatholic Social Teaching, Morality and Commandments

Parenthood Known Naturally, and Embraced as a Great Good

The response to this deep relativism, manifested as an incoherent but aggressive utilitarianism, is quite simply the persistent, rational search for truth.

Posted byRev. Timothy NaplesJanuary 10, 2022January 12, 2022Posted inCatholic Social Teaching, Morality and CommandmentsTags: Chastity, Morality, Natural Law, Parenting, Prudence, Temperance, Vermont, VirtueLeave a comment on Parenthood Known Naturally, and Embraced as a Great Good

Ramblings: Catholic moral teaching, racism, and other sins.

Ramblings on Catholic moral teaching, racism, and other sins. I have always had a hard time being clear about the parameters of exactly what was included in the Church’s “Catholic Social Teaching.” Mainly, I mean I understood at least as much as the average seminarian all the principles articulated in the social teachings and the …

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Posted byRev. Timothy NaplesJanuary 19, 2021Posted inCatholic Social Teaching, Morality and Commandments

Homily for 23rd Sunday, Year A (My homily notes, with additions for publication)

Our Gospel passage for this Sunday is from Mathew Chapter 18. It is a beautiful and rich chapter, known as the Church Order Discourse. It happens to be the only other place, in all the Gospels, where Jesus uses the Greek word “church” (ekklesia), after Matthew 16 (“You are Peter, and on this rock I …

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Posted byRev. Timothy NaplesSeptember 7, 2020September 13, 2020Posted inBible Exegesis and Themes, Catholic Social Teaching, Morality and Commandments

On Catholic Morality, and Voting

Among events local and national, with the news cycles and social media going full bore, you may have heard, through some medium or other, various apocalyptic portents to the effect that the fate of the world relies upon your vote in the November U.S. elections. Yes. Here we are: morality and voting. I give this …

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Posted byRev. Timothy NaplesJuly 25, 2020September 7, 2020Posted inCatholic Social Teaching, Morality and CommandmentsLeave a comment on On Catholic Morality, and Voting

4th of July, 2020

The following reflection, although not delivered verbatim, formed the basis of my homily on the 4th of July Weekend. Fr. Timothy Naples J+MJ It’s a 4th of July Weekend. As we celebrate our annual Independence Day as a nation, let us look to our Lord, and the saints of the Church as the best guides …

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Posted byRev. Timothy NaplesJuly 8, 2020Posted inCatholic Social Teaching, Church Feasts and Celebrations, Sacramental Life of the ChurchLeave a comment on 4th of July, 2020

Black Catholics and White Catholics and the Sexual Revolution

The following are “snapshots” of Black and White Catholicism, thinking about the Sexual Revolution in the United States First snapshot. Recent events led me to look for statistics about “fatherlessness” in black families. This data is not specific to Catholics, but it was the first set of statistics I started with in relation to the …

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Posted byRev. Timothy NaplesJune 29, 2020July 10, 2020Posted inCatholic Social Teaching, Morality and Commandments, Sacramental Life of the Church

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