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Abp. Cordileone’s address at the March for Marriage
Here is the address given by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, at the March for Marriage in Washington, D.C., March […]
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Meet Fr. Roderick Vönhogen, the “podcasting priest”
Known as the “podcasting priest,” Fr. Roderick Vönhogen is a pioneer in the new social media. His podcast program “The Catholic Insider” draws an audience from around the globe. Each week, listeners in North America, […]
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Revisiting Benedict XVI’s three encyclicals
The good folks at Catholic Pulse asked me to write an essay reflecting on the three encyclicals of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, and that essay has now been posted. Rather than just recap the three […]
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Pope Francis won’t be moving to the papal apartments
Putting an end to much speculation, the Vatican spokesman confirmed today that Pope Francis will continue to reside at the Vatican guesthouse for the foreseeable future and not move into the papal apartments on the […]
Essay
The House of Lies
The recent endorsement of same-sex marriage by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came as no surprise. She joins a long list of politicians—mostly Democrats, but increasingly more Republicans—who claim to have been “recently” converted […]
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The Devil and Pope Francis
A few days after the election of Pope Francis, Carl noted: “An emerging theme of the young pontificate seems to be that of spiritual battle against the devil, expressed in direct, simple language.” At that […]
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Literature and the spirit of the age
There are frequent debates about what constitutes great literature, and no little disputation. Today, the prevailing and authoritative view combines an ideological filter with anthropological filter to separate “important” literature from the herd of common […]
Interview
“Satanism is about destroying the Church”
Editor’s note (March 26, 2013): Deborah and the editors understand that readers can click through the links and see Deborah’s last name. However, Deborah requested that her last name not be used in this article, […]
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Pope Francis and the XXVIII World Youth Day
In 1985, Blessed Pope John Paul II promulgated a papal letter entitled “Dilecti Amici.” Unlike his other letters, which he addressed to the bishops of the Church, he intended this letter for college-aged students and […]