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Reuters’ misrepresentation of Francis’ remarks on Trump will fuel further distrust

June 24, 2018 Carl E. Olson 32

We need essential media coverage that can be trusted, but it’s increasingly hard to trust mainstream media outlets to do such basic journalistic work. […]

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We have Met the problem—and it is ancient, secular, and us

May 9, 2018 Carl E. Olson 32

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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Pope Francis “takes aim” in “Gaudete et Exsultate”—and misses?

April 9, 2018 Carl E. Olson 114

The many good qualities and substantive passages in Gaudete et Exsultate are often overshadowed, or even undermined, by straw men, dubious arguments, and cheap shots. […]

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Cardinal Marx promotes false news about blessings and “homosexual unions”

February 3, 2018 Carl E. Olson 53

Will Pope Francis correct the German Cardinal, who has stated that Catholic priests can conduct blessing ceremonies for homosexual couples and says “we have no […]

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Catholics aren’t obsessed with sex—they are obsessed with life

January 9, 2018 Carl E. Olson 31

There seems little doubt, at this point, that 2018 is going to witness yet another great clash over Paul VI’s encyclical—arguably the most contested and […]

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Why does Fr. Martin persist in embarrassing, sleight-of-substance tactics?

November 3, 2017 Carl E. Olson 79

The well-known Jesuit priest and author insists that Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy is a “dissenter”. That would be funny if it wasn’t so stupid. […]

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In gratitude for the gift of the “Catechism of the Catholic Church”

October 11, 2017 Carl E. Olson 23

How I learned that reading and studying the Catechism, Church doctrine and dogma, and theology are not ultimately about knowing things or facts but about knowing […]

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Transcendent truth, not leftist hypocrisy, needed to overcome racism and other evils

August 17, 2017 Carl E. Olson 43

The Left always seeks to claim and re-name the moral high ground, but has no objective foundations for its radical political project […]

Editorial

Is Cardinal Pell “the quintessential scape-goat”? [Updated]

July 6, 2017 Carl E. Olson 49

I’m not an expert—not even close—on Australian politics or Catholicism Down Under, but over the past few years I’ve carried on correspondence with a number of Catholics in Australia. And these folks, all of them […]

Editorial

Pope Francis and the Doctrinal Ideologues

May 22, 2017 Carl E. Olson 10

There is a reason the Creed is recited every Sunday. And to defend and hold to doctrine is not only not ideological, it is part […]

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