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 …
Category Archives: Catholic Social Teaching
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.
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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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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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 …
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 …
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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