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The wounds of Christ and the doubt of Thomas
It is not an accident that Thomas comes to faith, not by simply seeing an apparition of Jesus, but only after being instructed to pay […]
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Martin Luther’s flawed understanding of natural law: A response to Dr. Korey D. Maas
Voluntarism denies the Catholic teaching that logos constitutes—rather than delimits—God’s nature, and Luther was a volunarist. […]
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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. […]