David E. DeCosse

David E. DeCosse is director of religious and Catholic ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. He is also the author of Created Freedom Under the Sign of the Cross: A Catholic Public Theology for the United States (Pickwick 2022). 

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Pope Francis, Newman and the canonization of conscience

Commentary: John Henry Newman recast the notion of conscience as a general orientation by emphasizing more the connection of conscience to freedom, responsibility and belief in God.

Mueller's statement and the injustice that won't go away

Commentary: The judgment of Robert Mueller's report was legal, not ethical. Russian interference in the election violated the right to self-determination of the American people. The Trump campaign's embrace of that interference made it complicit.

Recovery of faith in a new direction

'Magokoro' meets Caritas: Catholic relief efforts in the Fukushima nuclear disaster zone

An interview with a survivor of the Hiroshima bombing

Bishop Taiji Katsuya's pastoral track took unexpected turn

Article 9, Catholicism, and ominous trends in Japanese politics

South Korea's anti-corruption law: a test for the dialogue of faith, culture

Imbalance between Francis, U.S. bishops undermines religious liberty campaign

Catholicism, freedom and the fate of health care reform

Bishops' conscience model makes light of practical reason

Critics miss deeper truth of a fully human Jesus Christ

Is the right wrong in its theology?

Conscience issue separates Catholic moral camps

Will Benedict keep open new space for reason

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