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Men without conviction, churches without people
If ministers of the Gospel cannot challenge the world’s distortions of the Gospel with the truth of the Gospel, but fall back instead on penny-ante […]
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“Humanae Vitae” and the key to the mighty mystery of sex
St. Paul rhapsodized on the beauty of marital love as a great mystery, indeed the sign of Christ’s love for His Church. Contraceptive intercourse, on […]
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Sending Abp Scicluna to Chile raises more questions than it answers
The Vatican is sending a highly-qualified investigator to examine the case against Bishop Barros. Is this an ad hoc response to bad press, or a […]
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Promoting international religious liberty provides stability, fights terrorism
Legislation formally establishing international religious freedom as U.S. policy has been on the books since 1998, but some experts say the government has implemented it […]
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The Bloody 14 and the question of excommunication
The repeated, though for now misguided, calls for excommunication in these cases, and the repeated, but worth-considering, calls for withholding holy Communion in these cases […]
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The Catholic Church doesn’t do “paradigm shifts”
Because the pastoral implementation of Amoris Laetitia mandated in some places differs from other places, the Catholic Church is beginning to resemble the Anglican Communion […]
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Jordan Peterson is a prophet—and a problem for progressives
Peterson understands how ideology shapes culture—and that enrages his harshest critics. […]
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Observers remain “mystified” over Pope’s remarks on clerical sex abuse, and call for bishop accountability
The Vatican deemed Bishop Barros’ accusers credible. Why doesn’t the Pope believe them when they say the bishop knew about their abuse? […]
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Sometimes one side is simply right and the other side is simply wrong
The Archdiocese of Braga, in Portugal, has reported endorsed Communion for remarried after a period of discernment of about six months. If so, the Archdiocese is wrong—patently […]
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Francis, fake news, and “snake-tactics”
Fake news is fake. Bad press may be the result of very sound journalism. The problem is that the standard proposed by Pope Francis cannot […]