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Now is the time for a “Third Spring” in England
Famously, in 1852 John Henry Newman, preaching at a celebration of that restoration of our Hierarchy, spoke of a ‘Second Spring’. This yielded a rich […]
Opinion
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The HollyChurch Double Standard
God willing, if the long Lent of 2002 led to badly needed reforms for the Catholic Church, the long fall of 2017 will do the […]
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Is there really a definitive teaching of the Church on capital punishment?
A second response to Professor Edward Feser […]
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Superstition, Dissent, and Scandal? A brief defense of Fr. Thomas Weinandy
Some pundits from both progressive and orthodox quarters have been quick to criticize and even condemn Fr. Weinandy and his missive to the Pope.Thus, a […]
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Fr. Weinandy was clear and direct. The USCCB was not.
The Bishops had the right – perhaps the duty – to require Fr. Weinandy’s resignation. Nevertheless, the Catholic faithful in every state of life in […]
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Catholic theologians must set an example of intellectual honesty: A reply to Prof. Robert Fastiggi
In order to defend the suggestion that a pope could teach that capital punishment is always and intrinsically immoral, you have to maintain that the […]
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Church teaching and sexuality: What “no longer” holds?
For the past three years, the emphasis of Pope Francis and those close to him has been on “respect” and “listening”, with little or no […]
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Whose bourgeois morality?
We have met the bourgeois lobby, and it consists of German-speaking bishops. […]
Opinion
As Title IX guidelines change, Catholic schools need to protect the rights of all students
Some of prestigious Catholic colleges have routinely violated the civil rights of students by withholding due process protections from those accused of sexual assault. […]
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Farewell to the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family
The JPII Institute I knew and have known was already “theological” and already “scientific”. So why the changes? […]