
Fr. Daniel Maria Klimek, T.O.R., is an assistant professor of theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. He earned his Ph.D. in the School of Theology & Religious Studies with distinction from the Catholic University of America and received his Master of Arts in Religion from Yale Divinity School. His book,” Medjugorje and the Supernatural,” was published from Oxford University Press in 2018. Fr. Daniel Maria blogs at Freedom in Christ.
It’s ironic Joan Walsh takes offense at Barrett’s moral beliefs being associated with Catholicism when those very beliefs constitute core teachings of the Catholic faith.
Father Martin’s statements — even those covered under the guise of ‘objectivity’ — appear to be more faithful to a political agenda than to Catholic teaching.
Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, an Episcopalian judge, studied under one of the most influential living philosophers in the world, the Catholic natural law theorist John M. Finnis.