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Sing a new song
I recently went to Mass at a parish (not in Alabama) and had an experience that brought some of my usual areas of focus into…sharper focus. It was a large, growing, vibrant (as we say) […]
Articles by Amy Welborn
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Opinion: The real problem with the Pope’s remarks about hell
Let’s pretend. Let’s pretend that the Pope said this the other night: We don’t even have to wonder what the reaction would be, do we? But…that’s just his personal opinion! That’s not the teaching of […]
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New policy at Catholic all-women’s college is anti-woman
It was recently announced that in June 2023, that the Catholic, historically women’s college St. Mary’s in South Bend, Indiana, made a change to its admissions policy: Saint Mary’s College is a Catholic women’s college. […]
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Are you listening? At all?
What I am going to say here is really nothing new for regular readers, but my recent trip to Spain brought it to mind again. The question of Church attendance and engagement is of great […]
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Personnel is Policy
Personnel is policy. We all know that. Most of the time, when we use the phrase, we’re referring to ideology. As I’ve been reflecting on this wasteful distraction of a synod, I can’t help but […]
Essay
Considering The Eucharistic Revival from the perspective of 1904
Let’s take a little detour away from that dense, yet strangely nebulous cloud of Synodality that looms ahead and set our sights, for just a moment on the other current attempt to diagnose and fix […]
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Barbie’s surprising journey
We might wonder about the point of spending any time writing about or thinking about the meaning of a movie about a doll, but then when we realize that it’s the most popular movie in […]
Analysis
Two areas of gender activism requiring clarity, forthrightness from bishops
At their June 2023 gathering, the United States bishops voted to revisit a section of Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, the latest edition of which was published in 2016. The bishops […]
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“We have to be careful who gets their hands on it”
Why, the Catechism of the Catholic Church of course! Over the past few weeks, the Catechism has been trending here and there for a couple of reasons. First, Benedict XVI’s death, which prompted folks to […]
Features
Matt Walsh’s film What is a Woman? is both valuable and incomplete
What is a Woman, a film from Matt Walsh and the conservative Daily Wire website, was released this week. The 90-minute collection of interviews and commentary on gender identity is well-produced, amusing, and frustrating. It’s […]