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Pope Francis’ new comments on the death penalty are incoherent and dangerous

December 18, 2018 Fr. George William Rutler 151

Debate has always been an invigorating and constructive way of defining and refining views, assuming that the debaters have minds of probity and reason. This is increasingly absent in our culture, where subjectivism rules, and […]

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Being Frank about Francis

September 4, 2018 Dr. Douglas Farrow 75

The McCarrick scandal, let us all admit, is just one powerful gust in the swirling tempest that now surrounds Francis and threatens to capsize both […]

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Salt and Light, or Confusion and Obscuration?

July 17, 2017 Jim Russell 21

“You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You […]

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From a report today by the Catholic Family and Human Rights Initiative on the Women Deliver conference: KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 (C-FAM) Drawn by the promise of helping poor women, over 3,000 power-brokers, policy-makers and […]

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