Religion – For Restoration…

The Denial of Communion Controversy. A Layman’s perspective

December 23, 2021December 23, 2021 by Dan Fărcaşiu

For more than a year, the US Catholic Bishops have been arguing about how to handle the presence in the White House of an abortion advocate registered as a Catholic. As justification, Mr. Biden has stated that he is personally opposed to abortion, but doesn’t think he has a right to impose his view on … Read more

Freedom of Conscience, Ecumenism, and The Validity of Sacraments

May 25, 2021March 4, 2020 by Dan Fărcaşiu

Some years ago, a debate took place about the sacraments of penance and marriage administered by priests in the filiation of the late Archbishop Lefebvre. As it was stated in a magazine[1] and a blog[2]dedicated to Catholic apologetics, both sacraments are valid when received from an Eastern Orthodox (E.O.) priest,[3] but not from a priest … Read more

Theology and Quantum Mechanics

June 9, 2018 by Dan Fărcaşiu

A central element of quantum mechanics is the uncertainty principle. To formulate it in a crude, qualitative way, the principle expresses the limitation of the precision with which physical properties of particles can be determined. The physicist who formulated (discovered) it, Werner Heisenberg, noted that a particle can be described by its position and its … Read more

Recollections of Holy Thursday

May 28, 2015 by Dan Fărcaşiu

The most vivid remembrances of Holy Week, which come to my mind each year during that season, go back to my primary school years. We lived in a town, small by comparison to those that I later lived in, which was, however, an episcopal See of the Byzantine-rite Catholic Church, to which we belonged. The … Read more

A Shattering Experience

February 19, 2015 by Dan Fărcaşiu

On a Sunday in December 2014, my wife had a stomach virus attack and had to stay at home. Late in the morning her condition allowed me to leave, so I could go to a church that had a noontime Mass. I sat at the far end of a back pew. Right in front of … Read more

IF WE WERE CHRISTIANS

September 21, 2014 by Dan Fărcaşiu

I heard on a Sunday a sermon by a bishop, on the defining features of a Christian. (He was talking to Catholics, but his words apply to all Christians.) He formulated them as commands: “We must live our faith, profess our faith, and – if necessary – defend our faith.” (The bishop did not start … Read more

Limiting Factors of the Pro Life Movement

July 3, 2014 by Dan Fărcaşiu

Forty-one years have passed since the Roe v Wade ruling and likewise forty-one years of anti abortion efforts. These efforts can be expended in two directions, in some measure intertwined: (1) changing the law that permits abortion (overturning Roe v. Wade) and (2) the actual elimination of abortion from the society. To assess the accomplishments … Read more

The HHS Mandate on Contraceptives. A Critical History

May 21, 2014 by Dan Fărcaşiu

Suits demanding exemptions from the HHS mandate on contraception and abortion covering in health insurance policies are to be decided by the Supreme Court. Most plaintiffs are Catholic organizations. Irrespective of the final outcome, it is appropriate to examine at this time how and why we have arrived in the situation of hanging on a … Read more

Meaning and Implications for Catholics of Minimum Wage

May 14, 2014 by Dan Fărcaşiu

A debate on minimum wage flares up periodically, as it does at this time. Much of the debate, however, is based on ignorance and misinformation. The compassionate argument reduces itself to the question: How could a family live on a minimum wage? The answer is, it does not. Thus, let’s consider a Mr. Smith … Read more

Attitudes, Positions and Actions Taken in Response to the Use of Materials from Nonconsenting Humans, Particularly the Unborn, in Medical Research and Practice

August 11, 2012 by Dan Fărcaşiu

In 2006, I was contacted by a Dr. Edward E. Furton, Editor of The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, inviting me to write an article for his journal, based on