“Given that you oppose gay marriage,” asked an internet questioner during Saturday night’s Republican Presidential Debate, “what do you want gay people to do who want to form loving, committed long-term relationships? What is your […]
Should government be in the marriage-recognition business? Some libertarians and conservatives say no. They argue that marriage is a private contract. Consequently, the state ought not to be involved with it. Of course all sort […]
The new translation of the Roman Missal launched yesterday without any of the dire forecasts about it coming to pass. At St. Apollinaris Catholic Church in Napa, California–my parish–there were a few missteps here and […]
Veteran churchwatcher Rocco Palmo points to rumors regarding a possible Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. Msgr. Charles Brown, well-known CDF official, may wind up the nuncio to Ireland. That’s rumor. Writes Palmo, “Educated at Notre Dame and Oxford, the low-key, […]
Okay, I know lots of people have opined about this sort of thing. But I can’t resist commenting. Here’s the headline: “Catholic Church Going Old School, Getting Back To Latin With New Mass Translation”. Now […]
Neither L’Osservatore Romano nor the Daily Mail (link to the printer version of the story, not the semipornographic sidebar-included version) understands the argument about Shakespeare’s Catholicism, argues Joseph Pearce, author of two books on the […]
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld famously said his TV show was “about nothing”. We all knew that he didn’t literally mean “nothing”. We all knew he meant his show was about “nothing important”. Cultural critics may agree or disagree with […]
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development is a controversial program of the US bishops. Some critics question the particular organizations funded by the CCHD. Others question the basic philosophy of funding organizations that empower people […]
The Church is not a democracy. The U.S. bishops’ fall meeting isn’t the church equivalent of Congress in session. Still, every Catholic shares responsibility for the common good of the Church and her mission. Following […]
Cardinal Bertone is not happy, according to Vaticanista Sandro Magister. Bertone, the Vatican Secretary of State, is supposedly displeased that the recent document calling for a world political and economic authority, issued by the Pontifical […]
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