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On excommunicating Andrew Cuomo for heresy

January 30, 2019 Edward N. Peters 46

Apologies for a long post. I don’t have time to write a short one. Canonist Edward Condon has an essay at First Things wherein he calls for the excommunication of NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo, not on the ground […]

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Why Dr. Rebecca Luckett’s abortion essay is not the “same old same-old”

March 20, 2018 Edward N. Peters 14

Most ‘Yes-I’m-Catholic-but’ attempts at public conscience massaging warrant little consideration and usually no follow-up. But Dr. Luckett’s recent USA Today essay could be an exception. […]

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The Bloody 14 and the question of excommunication

January 31, 2018 Edward N. Peters 21

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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