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Ecclesial Hopes
The SSPX has been in the news again this fall, and the blaring headlines are not the sort that will win the group any popularity contests. With the completion of two years of doctrinal discussions […]
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A Platform for Christian Politicians
If you’re looking for a concrete example of the New Evangelization in the public square, the new Dignitatis Humanae Institute may well be it. Founded two years ago by a small group of Catholic European […]
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The Blessings of Chastity
The 30-minute talk from the middle-aged man describing his journey from confused boyhood to sexually abusive adolescence, and ultimately into what is referred to as an active “gay lifestyle” left the packed room of priests […]
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The Coming Latino Catholic Majority
In 1558, after five years of Catholic tyranny, the good Virgin Queen succeeded Bloody Mary, who had burned countless Christians at the stake. During Elizabeth’s reign, the heroic Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe and […]
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The Tipping Point
The past year has seen the Philippines come closer than at any point in its history to enshrining as state policy the aggressive promotion of the use of contraceptives (including those with abortifacient qualities) and […]
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Servants of the Lord
In his discussion of the Scythians’ gruesome royal burial customs, Herodotus spoke of the tragic fate of the king’s diakonos, his servant, his waiting-man, his attendant. When the Jews of Alexandria translated the Book of […]
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“Our Horizon”
Appearing on a German television show on September 19, Pope Benedict XVI said that during a September 22-25 visit to his native country, he would bring a simple but challenging message: “We must rediscover our […]
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Scattershot Charges
During a meeting at the Vatican in 1946, Msgr. Giovanni Battista Montini—the future Pope Paul VI—told Ireland’s ambassador to the Holy See, “You are the most Catholic country in the world.” The ambassador, Joseph Walshe, […]
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Blaming the Vatican
In a long-awaited report on the handling of sex-abuse charges in Ireland’s Diocese of Cloyne, released on July 13 by the Irish government, an independent commission severely chastised diocesan leaders—in particular, a bishop who resigned […]