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The Francis Reformation
We will not get far by asking whether the Church is to be a Church of the poor and a Church of the merciful. Of […]
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The Four Marks of the Church: The Contemporary Crisis in Ecclesiology
We need to mount a robust defense and clear advocacy of the Church’s four marks, for without such an apology, the Church’s identity – what […]
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Things To Come: Faith, State, and Society in a New World
“There are no new paradigms; no new hermeneutical principles; no revolutions in thought; and no possible concordats with the world and its alibis, that can […]
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The lab or love? Catholic women and STEM careers
This false dichotomy can harm women interested in STEM, and weaken the larger scientific community. […]
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Lent and the Lord’s question: “Who do you say that I am?”
We have no excuse for not knowing who Jesus is, nor of failing to understand the implications of the assertions we make about Him in […]
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Diving into eternity
True knowledge of God can only be had in the midst of a life for which all work is undertaken based on prayer and all […]
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On Cardinal Cupich’s problematic, convenient conscience
Conscience is not the ground of moral authority; nor is it the final judge when it comes to what is actually moral and true. To […]
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Three questions to answer on Ash Wednesday
Since all human sin has its origins in that “original” sin of our first parents, let’s go back to that very beginning. […]
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The “Cassocked Shadow” of Richard Wilbur
A New England poet of nature, indeed, but something must also be said for Wilbur’s Catholic vision of the poet. […]
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Saturdays with Father Schall: A young Jesuit on the older Jesuit’s 90th birthday
Father James V. Schall, SJ has been a source of encouragement to a younger generation of priests and scholars who are seeking to preserve a […]