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Why Catholic doctrine on sexual morality cannot change

November 22, 2025 Richard A. Spinello 57

Can the Catholic Church change her mind and teachings about sexual morality? Is it finally time to listen to progressives and abolish the ascetic elements of Christian morality, bringing Catholicism in line with the rest […]

Analysis

An examination of Archbishop Fernández’s erroneous positions on sexual morality

August 3, 2023 E. Christian Brugger 64

Argentine prelate Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect-elect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, should either recant his erroneous positions on sexual morality or resign his post at the DDF. A calm, competent, and clear-eyed […]

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McCarrick and theological dissent in the Sixties: Observations of a contemporary

December 13, 2019 John F. Kippley 33

The investigation into how the former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick was promoted up to the level he enjoyed before his misdeeds became public knowledge is necessary and may yield helpful results. However, besides the question of […]

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Catholic lessons from an Anglican royal wedding

May 20, 2018 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 22

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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