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What happens to bishops who resign?
The problem is a metaphysical one because when bishops, priests, and deacons are ordained, they are changed ontologically, at the very level of their being […]
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‘The most welcoming place’: How the Church can reach out to the LGBT community
The Church, says Daniel Mattson, must have “that welcoming message of Christ that says ‘I do not have any condemnation for you, but go and […]
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Justin Trudeau and the dictatorship of relativism
Since taking power in November 2015, the government of Liberal prime minister Justin Trudeau has been a paragon of political correctness, sometimes to the point […]
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Wim Wenders presents Pope Francis Superstar
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word is so slight and simple at times that it is hard to qualify as a documentary or even […]
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Keeping Catholic schools Catholic in a “love is love” culture
It is unjust to expect children to fight a battle for the truth when they are properly still in a period of formation. […]
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Analysis: With new appointments, Pope Francis puts his mark on the College of Cardinals
This is the first time in the five years of this pontificate, writes Andrea Gagliarducci, that in a possible future conclave the number of cardinals created […]
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Catholic lessons from an Anglican royal wedding
In Cardinal Newman’s nineteenth century, the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church were much closer to each other, both doctrinally and morally, than in the […]
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The Chilean bishops’ offer to resign is surprising, yet also traditional. But more is needed.
The unity of the episcopate in particular, and of the body of Christ in general, can only be maintained when bishops are trusted as life-giving […]
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Can Catholics be Buddhist? New book compares Jesus and Buddha
Saying that Buddhism and Christianity lead to the same place,” ways Dr. Anthony E. Clark, author of Catholicism and Buddhism: The Contrasting Lives and Teachings of […]
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Lay Evangelization and the “smell of the sheep”
Is there anything new under the sun? Or is there anything even real? What if the Evangelists for the incarnate Son of God are actually […]