Ireland votes to repeal abortion ban, drawing disappointment from pro-life groups
Features
“Abortion was wrong yesterday. It remains wrong today,” states the Save the 8th campaign. “The constitution has changed, but the facts have not…” […]
The splintering of social manners and the need for heroic generosity
Essay
If our response to real or perceived injustice is itself uncivil, are we actually promoting positive cultural change? […]
Analysis
In NYC, a new approach to Catholic school bears fruit
A charter school with after-school faith-formation may be a way forward in an age of Catholic school closures. […]
Essay
Christ, the Eternal High Priest, and the meaning of priestly celibacy
It is the Church’s hope and desire that her celibate clergy (and her consecrated religious, too) would show forth to the world, in a unique […]
Analysis
A voice crying in the wilderness: On the 50th anniversary of “Humanae Vitae”
Pope Paul VI stood firm in the midst of the moral permissiveness which came under the guise of “freedom” in the 1960s, and boldly proclaimed […]
Features
Moral order, the current mess, and a theological reading of history
“As I explain in several essays in the book,” says George Weigel about The Fragility of Order: Catholic Reflections on Turbulent Times, “our politics are […]
Features
As vote approaches, Irish pro-lifers fight to save the Eighth
If Ireland votes to legalize abortion on Friday, this would be a defeat not only for the Irish pro-life movement, but also for pro-lifers across […]
Analysis
Homosexuality and Authentic Freedom
The tragic impasse that exists in our culture on the issue of homosexuality stems from two errors. […]
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Service has the connotation of some event or deed happening mainly from a spirit of generosity, not from pay or coercion. At the heart of […]
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The Gala at the Met was a sad attempt to pretend, to think (or feel, more likely) that colorful celebration and rampant symbolism can capture […]
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Carl E. Olson:
Thank you, Fr. Morello, for this comment!
samton909:
It's a great day for the abortion band, U2, though. I am sure they will be very happy now that…
Leslie:
I realize that I should have specified that this of course does not apply to all the Catholics in Ireland.…
