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Abortion and Adoption: Some Personal Reflections

May 19, 2022 Carl E. Olson 32

“I would rather get an abortion than have a Brown child who ends up being adopted by white evangelicals.” So wrote Jo Luehmann, a “Colombian born and raised pastor” whose writing focuses on “decolonizing church, […]

Chapp's Schtick

Temporal accommodation in light of eternal damnation

May 18, 2022 Larry Chapp 55

Hell is often depicted in Christian art as a place of unspeakable physical torments where the unrepentant sinner receives his or her just punishments for various moral perfidies and offenses against the law of God. […]

Essay

Sitting In his right mind: On being healed from the power of mental Illness

May 16, 2022 Rob Marco 17

I was what you would call “drifting” at the time my father was taken to a psychiatric facility; I had quit my job working in a restaurant and had caught a bus from Philadelphia to […]

Essay

Reaching consensus on Mary’s role in redemption: The Athanasian solution

May 15, 2022 Robert Fastiggi, Mark Miravalle 79

Since the late 19th century, Catholic theologians have devoted much attention to the role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the work of redemption. From the early 20th century, there have also been many petitions […]

Features

The Cardinal Zen situation puts spotlight on frayed Vatican-China relations

May 14, 2022 Christopher R. Altieri 7

The Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, finally talked directly and explicitly about the arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen. He spoke of the affair Friday, with reporters present for an event at Rome’s Pontifical […]

Essay

The culture of death and the deconstruction of woman

May 13, 2022 Anna Mahjar-Barducci 13

“What is a woman?” has apparently become one of the most difficult and contentious questions of our time. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary can offer some basic guidance, identifying a “woman” as “an adult female person.” A […]

Analysis

Cardinal Zen’s arrest and the Vatican’s muted, dangerous dance with China

May 12, 2022 Christopher R. Altieri 36

The most striking thing about the arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen, SDB, in Hong Kong on Wednesday is the anodyne statement from the Vatican regarding the news. At least, the muted response from Holy See […]

Essay

Gift, Response, Community: A Letter to Parents about Baptism

May 11, 2022 David G. Bonagura, Jr. 5

Author’s Note: This talk was presented this past Sunday as part of a relaunched baptism prep program for new parents who are seeking baptism for their first child. The talk’s goal was to prompt the […]

Features

Catholics under attack: Incidents since SCOTUS draft abortion decision, by state

May 10, 2022 Catholic News Agency 14

Vandalism at St. John XXIII parish in Fort Collins, Colo., May 7, 2022. / Eileen Pulse

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 10, 2022 / 18:50 pm (CNA).
The publication of a leaked draft opinion in a pivotal Supreme Court abortion case on May 2 trigger… […]

Chapp's Schtick

Synodality, bureaucratic malaise, and the problem of power

May 9, 2022 Larry Chapp 55

In my previous essay I criticized the new emphasis on synodality as an essentially modern enterprise of bureaucratic legerdemain. I noted that while I support the concept of a more synodal Church, I am suspicious […]

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