About

Rev. Edward J. Richard currently serves as the Pastor of a parish in Sulphur, La.

This website, blog, and podcast, as a whole, is written with my parishioners in mind. It is dedicated to them. I hope to be able to help them in understanding the moral life and to help with answers to moral questions facing Christians, particularly Catholics.

It is published with the approval of my religious superior, though the opinions are my own. Every effort is made to express authentic Catholic thought and apply Catholic doctrine as found in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition.

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Fr. Richard

About Rev. Edward J. Richard

The author has been a priest of the Missionaries of LaSalette for over 30 years. He is a graduate of Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center. He received his ministerial degree from The St. Louis Roman Catholic Theological Seminary. He earned a Doctoral Degree in Moral Theology from the Academy of St. Alphonsus in Rome. He taught Moral Theology for fifteen years at Kenrick Seminary in St. Louis, Mo. Upon his departure he was serving as Vice-Rector and Professor of Moral Theology at the School of Theology. He has practiced in several fields related to law and moral theology including research in the areas of legal and moral theory, culture and religion, and medical ethics. He continues to be of service to the larger church through consultation, teaching, and presentations, while serving as a parish priest

Sample Publications

Academic

“Law and Morality: Taking a Theoretical Break from the Norm,” Studia Moralia (Part I); 35 (1997), 427-443. Republished in National Lawyers Association Review, Vol. 3, no. 3 (Fall 1999), 6-9.

“Law and Morality: Taking a Theoretical Break from the Norm,” Studia Moralia (Part II); 36 (1998), 239-265.  Republished in National Lawyers Association Review, Vol. 3, no. 4 (Winter 1999), 13-21.

“Bioethical Magisterium on Assisted Nutrition and Hydration,” Voices, June, 2000, http://www.wf-f.org/Richard1.html.  Republished at Catholic Culture.org; https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=3008&repos=1&subrepos=0&searchid=2096769.

“The Biological Basis of the Oocyte Assisted Reprogramming (OAR) Hypothesis: Is it an Ethical Procedure for Making Embryonic Stem Cells?” with William Burke, MD, PhD; and Patrick Pullcino, MD, PhD. Linacre Quarterly 74(3): 204-212 (Aug 2007).

“A Quantitative Self-Assessment of Seminarians’ Response to a Curriculum Addition on Marriage, Sexuality, Fertility Care , and Naprotechnology: The Kenrick–Glennon Experience (2006–2015)” K. Diane Daly, RN, Edward J. Richard, Thomas W. Hilgers, MD. Linacre Quarterly 86(1):002436391881312 (Feb 2019).

“Mass Production of Human ‘Embryoid’ Cells from Developmentally Frozen Embryos: Is It Ethical?” Patrick Pullicino, MD, PhD, Edward J. Richard, MS, JD, DThM, William J. Burke, MD, PhD. Linacre Quarterly 87(3): 347-350 (May, 2020).

Other

“When Vaccination Presents a Moral Dilemma,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 21, 2000.

“End-of-Life Health Care Decisions are Difficult,” in St. Louis Review, Senior Living special section, October 3, 2003.