The Synod 2021-24 is, apparently, constructing Fr. James Martin’s bridge. The authors of the Instrumentum Laboris (IL) for this fall’s Vatican gathering have embedded — rather disingenuously — an acronym that derives from and embraces […]
There’s a popular mode of online intellectual discourse that I rather dislike, which might be labeled “the extended YouTube hot take.” It involves a talking head riffing, for an hour or so, on something someone […]
303 Creative v. Elenis was one of this year’s most highly awaited Supreme Court cases. At issue was whether Colorado could enforce a statute compelling a website designer for weddings (or others in similar situations), […]
St. John Henry Newman famously noted that during the Arian crisis, “the governing body of the Church came short” in fighting the heresy, and orthodoxy was preserved primarily by the laity. “The Catholic people,” he says, “were […]
The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 30 decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis protected the rights of a website designer against being forced by Colorado to design websites for “same-sex marriages.” The most vocal media reaction […]
Noticing that some of his listeners were having trouble understanding his accented English, the African priest paused his homily, grinned at the nearly all-white congregation, and said, “If you don’t produce more vocations, this is […]
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 […]
The battle for religious liberty in education rages on. This important fight continues even though the Supreme Court, in opinions (three in the past six years) by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, invalidated laws limiting […]
It’s a common belief in modern day society that all organizations be inclusive of everyone. The thought that one’s personal beliefs—and the behavior one chooses to engage in—should be accepted by everyone in the name […]
The disgraced celebrity artist-priest, Fr. Marko Rupnik, requested release from the Jesuit order several months before the Society of Jesus dismissed him. The claim came in an Italian-language statement released Saturday over the signature of […]
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