Richard A. McCormick

Richard A. McCormick SJ (1922 – February 12, 2000) was a leading liberal Catholic moral theologian who reshaped Catholic thought in the United States. He wrote many journal articles on Catholic social teachings and moral theory. He was an expert in Catholic medical ethics and for many years wrote the "Notes on Moral Theology" column in Theological Studies. He was "particularly articulate" among the five moral theologians who in 1964 at the Kennedy Compound crafted a political position for the Kennedy clan that would permit abortion in law.[1]

Joining the Jesuits in 1940, he was ordained a priest in 1953.[2] During his career, he served as a professor of Christian ethics at the University of Notre Dame and Georgetown.

In an article in America magazine (July 17, 1993), McCormick wrote that the prohibition of any serious discussion of Humanae Vitae had led to "a debilitating malaise that has undermined the credibility of the magisterium in other areas."[3]

Bibliography
  • How brave a new world: Dilemmas in bioethics (1980)
  • Odozor, Paulinus. Richard A. McCormick and the Renewal of Moral Theology. University of Notre Dame Press, 1994

References
  1. Schroth, Raymond (2011). Bob Drinan: The Controversial Life of the First Catholic Priest Elected to Congress. Fordham University Press. p. 80. ISBN 9780823233045.
  2. Steinfels, Peter (2000-02-15). "Richard McCormick, Theologian, Dies at 77". New York Times. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  3. Humanae Vitae: After 40 years


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