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The law-free zone of human sexuality and the Church today

March 26, 2023 Dr. Thomas R. Rourke 14

Examining the various components of the philosophy driving the proponents of the sexual revolution, as well as many Catholic progressives, a good summary of their various proposals is simply this: the entire realm of human […]

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The deeper malice of sexual misconduct by clergy and religious

February 20, 2019 Edward N. Peters 8

Recent remarks by Pope Francis regarding the ‘lightness’ of “sins below the belt” are receiving various responses, but his comments, not wrong as far as they went, nevertheless prompt, I think, especially against the background of the […]

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The Church, Society, and Sex

July 21, 2017 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 7

One of the many bons mots of Archbishop Fulton Sheen was: “What the Church gives up the world takes up.” By that he meant the Church often (all too often) fails to appreciate the value […]

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