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Transgenderism: Semantic contagion or biological fact?
From education specialists to publicly funded medical clinics to a growing body of academic work and activism, the transgender industry has exploded. […]
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Cardinal Cupich launches “Amoris Laetitia” seminars for US bishops
Among the several theologians to present at the upcoming seminars is a former national board member of Call to Action and an advocate for the […]
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Will the Pope’s project result in real reform—or turn Rome into a Buenos Aires-on-Tiber?
The mainstream media portrait of Francis as a smiling, friendly old grandpa has always been at the very best a gross caricature, and more often […]
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What have I learned in a community college?
A Latin proverb informs us: Discimus docendo (We learn by teaching). What have I learned these past five semesters? That the teachers’ unions have gotten […]
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Pope Francis and Ideology
It is unfortunate that the Holy Father’s overall emphasis on legalism is such that he never addresses the antithesis of legalism, namely, antinomianism, leaving us […]
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How and why the death penalty deters murder in contemporary America
Too many churchmen simply ignore the evidence that the death penalty saves lives and promotes public order. Catholic public officials charged with the care of the […]
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Pope Francis’ “open and incomplete” leadership and the puzzling “reform” of the Curia
Fr. Antonio Spadaro, SJ, the Editor-in-Chief of La Civiltà Cattolica, says the Holy Father’s leadership “is based on the success-error dynamic,” which inevitably “destabilizes whoever […]
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Questioning the prospects of Catholic-Orthodox unity
The latest statement of the North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation (NAOCTC) begins and ends with questions, and these are both more valuable and certainly more interesting […]
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Should the sixth petition of the Our Father be translated as “Do not let us fall”?
And is the English rendering “do not lead us into temptation” bad theology? Here’s why the answer to both questions is “no”. […]
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Who are the friends of religious liberty?
A breakdown of who is siding with who in the “cake case,” Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, scheduled for oral arguments in the Supreme […]