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Is opposition to the death penalty Thomistic?
Given Pope Francis’s own high regard for St. Thomas (together with the historical papal approbation he has enjoyed) when it comes to doctrinal issues, we […]
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A Critique of Faggioli’s interpretation of early Ratzinger’s view of Scripture, Tradition, and Authority
Massimo Faggioli’s naïve biblicism cannot account for different levels of authoritative Church teachings in Catholicism, with some being foundational, irreformable, and definitive, and others being […]
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Liturgy, Authority, and Postmodernity
As our self-consciously modern liturgical rites approach their fiftieth birthdays we would do well not to cling to them uncritically. Nor can we follow postmodernity […]
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On capital punishment, even the pope’s defenders are confused
There simply is no way to make an absolute condemnation of capital punishment consistent with past scriptural and papal teaching. The only way out of […]
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Pope Francis, the Lérinian legacy of Vatican II, and capital punishment
I’m sure there are other reasons, but at least for these three reasons I think that Pope Francis cannot provide a Lérinian justification of the […]
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Protestantism in the Catholic Church: The emergence of a shared tradition?
Here are three major ways in which Protestantism has influenced the Catholic Church. […]
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The Pope, the bishops, Muhammad and migration
What is missing from the bishops’ campaign materials is any larger context in which to place the issue of Muslim migration. Catholics who are contemplating […]
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Once Again, “Amoris Laetitia” §303
Robert Fastiggi and Dawn Eden Goldsteins’ criticism in La Stampa of my 2016 CWR article about AL §303 is a failure in hermeneutical charity and, more […]
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The CRISPR revolution: Getting ahead of the ethical curve
Here is why only genetic engineers who understand and act from a classical virtue ethics are capable of adding moral ballast to the fast-moving ship […]
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The end of an era?
The fact that Cardinal Caffarra is today mostly remembered because of the dubia shows, to some extent, the current preoccupying drift in discussions about the […]