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Dare to Discipline: Lessons from Saint Paul
Unity and purity are necessary for the Church to be fully herself, and St. Paul, among other Scriptural witnesses, teaches that discipline is necessary for […]
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Time to ordain women…or not
Women in the Church are freed for the prophetic role that can only belong to “outsiders.” […]
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Tintoretto and the Reform of the Church
Grounds for hope are not found in institutional reform, psychological analysis, or new programs and protocols, but rather in a return to Jesus Christ. […]
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A Holy Warfare: A plea for vigilance in this moment of darkness
What is at stake in the final analysis is nothing less than this: that the cross of Christ not “be emptied of its power.” […]
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Faith, reason, and two decades of studying Fides et Ratio
Those devoted to the debate about faith and reason need to confront a fundamental problem: the tremendous loss of confidence in the ability of reason […]
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The Plague of Infidelity and the Current Crisis
I can declare without fear of contradiction that any and all clerical misbehavior of any kind (financial, sexual or Machiavellian maneuvering) can be laid at […]
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Economics, Technology, and Virtue
The explosive development of automation, robotics, and AI requires a dedicated focus on the role of conscience—our spiritual life—to help us respond to the challenges […]
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Abusing Zacchaeus
Fr. James Martin’s approaches to interpreting Scripture have a long pedigree in Western Christianity; they’re largely rooted in the modernism of liberal Protestantism. […]
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Why we stay, and the Vigano Testimony
The Church’s current crisis is a crisis of fidelity and a crisis of holiness, a crisis of infidelity and a crisis of sin. It is […]
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At the altar, yet far from the Lord
How can priests who are not only intimately united to the Eucharistic Lord but who also receive the graces of the Eucharist each day betray […]