Tune in today at 5 pm ET when I will be talking to Mike Allen about the Communita Cenocolo, a Catholic ministry that addresses the deepest needs of addicts–the need for community. We’ll also talk a little bit about how the ideological roots of the Nazi Holocaust connect to our own American soil. Click on the image above or go to RealLifeRadio.com … Read More
America’s Eugenic History
A few weeks ago, I commented on the new memorial to Nazi euthanasia victims with a reminder that Germany’s eugenics movement did not start with Hitler, but German professors and other intellectuals. A commenter on that post noted that eugenic practices in Europe actually originated here in America. He’s right and, while I failed to mention it then, I have mentioned it several … Read More
TOB Tues: The Sign of the Dying Body
Recently came across an old article from Susan Windley-Daoust on The Sign of the Dying Body: How the Theology of the Body Helps Us to Die in Love Dying—undergoing it, or helping one who is dying—is a privileged space where we see and encounter God himself. And in dying, the ensouled body serves as a sign of gift and giving, … Read More
Nazi Euthanasia Victims Remembered
I mentioned last year that work had begun on a memorial in Germany for the 300,000 people murdered by the Nazis for having mental and physical disabilities or chronic illnesses. That memorial finally opened last week in Berlin. “The Nazi murders of disabled people are among the most inhumane acts of history,” said Mayor Klaus Wowereit. “It is high time … Read More