‘Rice’ Archives
Obama’s “Accommodation”
The February 10th statement of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops noted that President Obama, in revising his health care mandate, “has decided to retain HHS’s nationwide mandate of insurance coverage of sterilization and [...]
The HHS Mandate: Obama Regime Claims the Prerogative of God
On January 20, 2012, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius ordered that, effective August 1, 2012, health insurance must cover preventive services including all FDA-approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures and patient [...]
Christmas as Real History
Ed. Note. In this 2005 article authored by WFF President Charles E. Rice, he suggests to Notre Dame students and to all of us a new approach in considering Christmas. In the face of the secularization that continues to get worse with each passing [...]
Catholic Social Teaching
(Ed. note. In our second installment of "teasers" for Professor Rice's forthcoming book, Right or Wrong? from St. Augustine's Press, we thought his thumbnail sketch on Catholic Social Teaching would be in order. It is timely as it comes on the [...]
Bait and Switch
“BAIT AND SWITCH,” Jan. 18, 1993 any at Notre Dame believe that adherence to Church teaching on moral issues is discretionary. One reason … is the failure of this ‘Catholic’ University to affirm the … clear obligations of Catholics [...]
The Natural Law
THE NATURAL LAW Charles E. Rice Professor Emeritus, Notre Dame Law School Address, Canon Law Conference Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe LaCrosse, Wisconsin August 9, 2011 What is the natural law and why do we need it? The “September [...]
Adoration is the Way to Go
Are you sick of politics? Consider the derivation of the word. Some say that "poli" means many and "tics" are little blood-sucking creatures. The profession of politics, of course, is honorable. But, whatever side we were on in the recent elections, [...]

