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Rev. Ronald Ketteler

Father Ronald Ketteler serves as Director of Ecumenism and of Continuing Education of Priests, Episcopal Liaison to the diocesan newspaper, the Messenger. He is also former Chair of the Humanities Division at Thomas More College. These columns appeared originally in the Messenger.

 

 

 

 

2008

 

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Faithful Citizenship and the issue of 'imperfect law' VIII - June 2008

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Building 'a culture of life VII - May 2008

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A 'Theology of Politics' or 'Political Theology' VI - May 2008

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Public Moral Values and Faithful Citizenship V - May 2008

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The Contents of Democracy and Faithful Citizenship IV - April 2008

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Conscience and Faithful Citizenship III - April 2008

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Conscience and Faithful Citizenship  II - March 2008

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Faithful Citizenship - Conscience and A 'Need for a Heart That 'Sees' I- February 2008

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Solidarity and the Need for a 'moral squint'? - February 2008

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Human Work and the 'great work-bench' of Humanity - January 2008

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The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2008 - January 2008

 

2007

 

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"Avarice...the Most Evident Form of Moral Underdevelopment" Paul VI - December 2007 

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Sunday Rest - a Day of 'Subversive Activity' - November 2007

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Charitable Activity - a Manifestation of Trinitarian Love - November 2007

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The Jubilee Tradition and the 'Social Mortgage' on Private Property - October 2007

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The Rich Man and Lazarus Global Dimensions II - October 2007

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The Rich Man and Lazarus Global Dimensions I - September 2007

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The Parable of the Good Samaritan - August 2007

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The Good Samaritan - July 2007

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The Hope of Salvation - May 2007

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The Food of Truth and Human Need - April 2007

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Catechesis in Today's Cultural Context - April 2007

SERIES

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A Series on Forming Consciences for Citizenship
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Faithful Citizenship - Conscience and A 'Need for a Heart That 'Sees' I

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Conscience and Faithful Citizenship  II  - March 2008

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Conscience and Faithful Citizenship III - April 2008

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The Contents of Democracy and Faithful Citizenship IV - April 2008

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Public Moral Values and Faithful Citizenship V - May 2008

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A 'Theology of Politics' or 'Political Theology' VI - May 2008

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Building 'a culture of life VII - May 2008

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Faithful Citizenship and the issue of 'imperfect law' VIII - June 2008

 

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A Series on Deus Caritas Est, an encyclical by Pope Benedict XVI

  1. The Ministry of Charity "an Indispensable Expression of the Church's Being" -- Benedict XVI - Feb 2006 PDF

  2. 'The Love Which Moves the Sun and the Other Stars' - Pope Benedict XVI's Encyclical Letter and the Poet Dante - Mar 2006 PDF

  3. Easter Faith---'There Was No Needy Person Among Them...(Acts 4:34) - May 2006

  4. Justice Informed By Charity - May 2006

  5. Justice, Politics, and Faith - July 2006

  6. Charity and the 'Welfare State - August 2006

Assisted Suicide

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Reflections on the Issue of Assisted Suicide

This is a series of several essays on the issue of assisted suicide all gathered on one web page. They were originally published separately and in 2002 revised in their current form.

Breaking the Cycle of Violence

bullet Utopia – the gallows as a symbol of social injustice - February 16, 2001
bullet The “hard case” of Timothy McVeigh - May 11, 2001
bullet Breaking the Cycle of Violence - May 25, 2001
bullet The Death Penalty – a Replay of “deadly logic” - June 15, 2001
bullet Reversing the Conspiracy Against Life - July 13, 2001
bullet The Story of Hope - undated

 

Creation and Evolution
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Pope Benedict XVI - 'The universe..., not the product of darkness and unreason' - August 2005 PDF

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Evolution and Creation...science, reason, and faith - September 2005 PDF

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Creation...Evolution...and 'Saving Truth' - October 2005 PDF

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Creation and Worship - "So God Blessed the Seventh Day" - October 2005 PDF

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Creation...the "Genesis" of John's Gospel - November 2005 PDF

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'From created works one ascends to the greatness of God'--- Benedict XVI - Jan 2006 PDF

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“Saving Truth” and Science - Feb 2006 PDF

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Evolutionary Creation vs. Evolutionism - Jan 2006

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Evolution: Science, Faith, and Religious Education - November 2006

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Faith and Science: The Issue of Creation and Evolution - A Catholic Perspective - May 2007

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Part I A Catholic Perspective on Creation & Evolution in the Bible - May 2007

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Part II A Catholic Perspective on Creation & Evolution in the Bible- June 2007

 

Church and Society

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Political Authority - "Caesar" is not God! - PDF - June 2006

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Pluralism - Consensus or Relativism - December 2006

 

Economic Justice

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Markets and Profits ...Is Profit the Bottom Line? - July 6, 2002

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Economic progress and the 'invisible poor'

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A 'moral ecology' for free markets - January 2004

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1989 -Did capitalism triumph? - February 2004

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Morality and markets ... beyond the need for laws - February 2004/Revised May 2004

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Social security reform --- a commitment to all generations - May 2004

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Social justice -- whose ‘economics’ … what priorities? - September 2004

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Will 'wealth creation’ liberate the poor? - December 10, 2004 - PDF format

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International Debt - "releasing those bound unjustly... (Isaiah 58:6) - Feb 2005 PDF

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A Nation of Immigrants...A Church of Immigrants - September 2006

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The Preferential Option for the Poor Revisited - November 2006

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'Structures of Sin' and The 'Guilty Bystander" - March 2007

 

Ecumenism

 
bullet Reflecting on the 'Shoah' - April 1998
bullet Memory and Reconciliation - Anti-Semitism - 'Never Again' - April 21, 2000
bullet "Speaking the truth in love" ... Christian Civility - Revised December 2001 PDF
bullet  'With You is the Fountain of Life' - Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - 2002 - January, 2002
bullet The Dawn of the new Millennium and Church Unity - January 6, 2003
bullet We Hold this Treasure -- this Gift -- in Earthen Vessels... - January 2003
bullet Dialogue --- Unity...Freedom...Charity - April 1999, revised August 2003
bullet Rules for Dialogue...Historical Antecedents - April 1999, revised June 2004
bullet Dialogue...the Vertical Dimension - May 1999, revised June 2004
bullet Ecumenism - from Cooperation to Communion - May 1999, revised June 2004
bullet A People Made One:  The 1999 Pastoral Letter of the Catholic Bishops of Kentucky - October 2004 PDF
bullet “Ecumenical Dialogue --- a path to truth, love, and reconciliation” - October 2004 PDF
bullet Dialogue or Monologue - October 2004 PDF
bullet The ecumenical imperative ---“Is Christ divided?” (I Cor. 1:13) - Jan 2005 PDF
bullet The Week of Christian Unity 2006 - pdf
bullet The Church's Relationship to the Jewish People - Forty Years after Nostra Aetate - October 2006  PDF
bullet The Church and Interreligious Dialogue - Nostra Aetate after Forty Years - October 2006 PDF
bullet Ephphatha - 'Be Opened' (Mk. 7:34) A Reflection on the Biblical Theme for the 2007 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - January 2007
bullet "The 'Slow Ascent to Unity'" - Benedict XVI - February 2007

Embryonic Stem Cell Research

bullet Mercy Feigned, Not Found - July 18, 2003
bullet Hope or Hazard - August 15, 2003

Globalization

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Global Issues...Selling "the Poor Man for a Pair of Sandals" - Amos 2:6 - Apr 2005 PDF

bullet Global Solidarity...In Christ there is no east or west... - Oct 2004, Expanded Nov 2004
bullet Global Markets … reign’ or ‘be reined?’ - October 2004
bullet Can Global Trade Work For All - September 2004
bullet "Oasis of Prosperity" or Deeper Global Solidarity
bullet Beyond global markets ...the need for 'globalization of justice' - December 2003

Health Care

bullet The Right to Health Care - Safeguard of Human Life and Dignity - May 2004
bullet Social Responsibility and the Health Care Issue - revised, July 2004

Labor

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Labor Day 2007 - Stranger No Longer - September 2007

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Labor Day 2007- Catholic Social Teaching...'principles for reflection'...'criteria for judgment' - September 2007

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Labor Day 2006 --- Immigration and Work - PDF - September 2006

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Labor Day 2005: Three Nations After All - September 2005 PDF

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Unions: the Right of Labor to Organize - October 1, 1999, revised, July 2003

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Labor Day 200: the Priority of Labor Over Capital - September 14, 2001, revised July 2003

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A Need for a ‘Theology of Work’ for our Time - September 28, 2001, revised, July 2003

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Work: Free Work, Enterprise, and Participation - October 26, 2001, revised, September 2003

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Human Work As a Vocation: More Than a Job or a Career - November 9, 2001, revised September 2003

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Labor Day 2002: the Eloquent Silence of ‘a Voice for Workers’ - September 14, 2002

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Labor Day 2003: a ‘Harvest of Shame’ or a ‘Harvest of Justice?’ - September 12, 2003

Place at the Table Reflections

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The Eucharist and "a Sense of Responsibility for the World Today" - May 2005 PDF

bullet 'Stake everything on charity'
bullet ‘Good news of great joy...
bullet Jesus' Table: Fellowship and Luke's 'Gospel of the Poor' 
bullet For many ... no table at all?

 

Various Topics

 

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The Great Debate About Freedom and Law - PDF - April 1991, Updated June 2006

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The 'Messiah of the Poor' --- Preferential Protection of the Vulnerable - December 2005 PDF

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Social Teaching or Social Doctrine? - July 2005 PDF

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The Beatitudes --- a Self-Portrait of Jesus - June 2005 PDF

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"Social Sins Which Cry to Heaven" - John Paul II - Mar 2005 PDF

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Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church - Expanded November 2004

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Light and Shadows - Christian Responsibility for the Evils of the Day - May 2000; revised June 2002

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The Banquet of the Eucharist and the Banquet of Life - July 5, 2002

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The awe and wonder of human life! - August 29, 2003

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