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Games theologians play with truth and morality

April 1, 2023 John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. 16

Not too long ago, Randall Smith accused Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of playing Jenga with Catholic theology. Jenga is a game in which players take turns removing crisscrossed wooden blocks that make up a tower, […]

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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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A voice crying in the wilderness: On the 50th anniversary of “Humanae Vitae”

May 23, 2018 Father Seán Connolly 6

Pope Paul VI stood firm in the midst of the moral permissiveness which came under the guise of “freedom” in the 1960s, and boldly proclaimed […]

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Martin Luther: True reformer or defender of erroneous conscience?

June 25, 2017 Dr. R. Jared Staudt 6

Two trials, two appeals to conscience. Trial 1: I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. […]

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From Pope Francis’ Thursday morning homily: “To whom do I pray? To a cosmic God? That’s quite normal these days, is it not? … praying to the cosmic God, right? This polytheistic model that comes […]

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