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Pope Francis believes in hell—and he needs to stop talking to Eugenio Scalfari

March 30, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 77

Our Lord also told His disciples, “Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple […]

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Getting ready for Synod-2018

March 21, 2018 George Weigel 20

Synod-2018, which will discuss youth ministry and vocational discernment, could benefit from inviting some American leaders in youth ministry and vocational discernment. […]

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An Open Appeal to the Catholic Bishops of the World

March 19, 2018 E. Christian Brugger 33

Only fraternal episcopal interventions can now hope to avert what is sure otherwise to be a spiritual catastrophe for the Catholic Church. […]

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Pope Francis and clericalism

March 9, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 13

Despite his repeated and vehement denunciations of clericalism, Francis’ more general remarks about the laity sometimes nevertheless exhibit a sort of clerical chauvinism. […]

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The Pope’s misuse of “calumny” distracts from deeper, more troubling questions

January 23, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 33

The problem with Pope Francis’ defense of Bishop Juan Barros is not that Francis has a poor grasp of technical legal terminology or misuses certain words, […]

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“Ecclesial reception” in the Era of Francis

January 16, 2018 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 17

Out of more than 5,000 bishops in the universal Church, I don’t think we can consider supporters of the problematic practice of permitting divorced and remarried […]

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The Jesuit Pope and the problematic reform of the Roman Curia

January 15, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 15

2017 was a year in which the micro-fissures in the structure began to be visible to the naked eye. 2018 is likely to be the […]

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Fr. Thomas Reese’s quixotic, irrational battle with Greek philosophy

January 11, 2018 Matthew Cullinan Hoffman 20

The former editor of America magazine would do well to read Benedict XVI’s 2005 “Regensburg Address” and Vatican II’s documents on seminary training and Catholic […]

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From what, precisely, are Amoris Laetitia “dissenters” dissenting?

January 5, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 46

If even Pope Francis could be unsure about the orthodoxy of his controversial post-Synodal Exhortation, surely the faithful will be allowed to have perplexities of […]

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Sexploits and crisis: Is it 2002 revisited?

December 22, 2017 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 47

The current drama of Hollywood stars, media types, athletes and politicians is the fruit of the hyper-sexualization of society as a whole for decades at […]

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