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Humpty Dumpty, the Corruption of Language, and the Destruction of Society

June 11, 2022 Robert R. Reilly 50

Almost everyone is familiar with Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass. In one of its most famous passages, Carroll neatly encapsulates the central issue in the use and abuse of language: “When I use a […]

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News Briefs

Pope Francis to LGBT people: God ‘does not disown any of his children’

May 9, 2022 Catholic News Agency 7

Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on May 4, 2022. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Vatican City, May 9, 2022 / 10:45 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has underlined that God “does not disown any of his children” in a brief message marking th… […]

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The queer perspective and flawed anthropology of Eve Tushnet

April 11, 2022 David Laidlaw 91

Writer Eve Tushnet, who says of herself that “being gay and Catholic is literally my job” has written a followup to her 2014 book Gay and Catholic: Accepting My Sexuality, Finding Community, Living My Faith. […]

The Dispatch

Cardinal Marx celebrates Mass marking ‘20 years of queer worship and pastoral care’

March 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 27

Cardinal Reinhard Marx marks ‘20 years of queer worship and pastoral care’ at St. Paul parish church, Munich, southern Germany, March 13, 2022. / erzbistummuenchen/Facebook.

Munich, Germany, Mar 14, 2022 / 05:00 am (CNA).
Cardinal Reinhard Marx… […]

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German Catholic bishops welcome initiative seeking change in Church teaching on sexuality

January 25, 2022 Catholic News Agency 31

Bishop Helmut Dieser, chairman of the Synodal Way forum on ‘Living in Successful Relationships,’ welcomes the #OutInChurch campaign, Jan. 24, 2022. / Screenshot from Deutsche Bischofskonferenz YouTube channel.

Aachen, Germany, Jan 25, 2022 / 04… […]

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News Briefs

Christians must bring encounter with Christ to those with sexuality or gender troubles, Marquette bishop says

December 10, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

LGBT flag / / nito Shutterstock/CNA

Marquette, Mich., Dec 10, 2021 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
In matters of sexuality and gender identity, Christians must first help others hear the Gospel, encounter Jesus, and know God’s love, Bishop John Doerfler of M… […]

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News Briefs

Christian college argues against co-ed housing requirement in appellate court

November 18, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Williams Memorial Chapel at the College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Missouri. / Nan Fry/Flickr

Denver Newsroom, Nov 18, 2021 / 17:01 pm (CNA).
Attorneys representing a Christian college in Missouri delivered oral arguments Nov. 17 in federal … […]

The Dispatch

Semantic Gymnastics and the Buttigieg Matriarchy

October 25, 2021 Robert R. Reilly 36

I have been reading I Shall Bear Witness, Victor Klemperer’s diaries from 1933-45. Klemperer was a professor of philology and French literature in Dresden, Germany, until he was dismissed because of his Jewish heritage, even […]

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BREAKING: Transgender students ‘unknowingly’ admitted to Catholic seminaries, archbishop warns

September 29, 2021 Catholic News Agency 15

Breaking News / CNA

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 29, 2021 / 09:03 am (CNA).
Bishops should consider requiring DNA tests or physical examinations to ensure that all seminarians are biological men, said Archbishop Jerome Listecki in a recent mem… […]

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News Briefs

Federal LGBT employment guidance ‘an outrageous overreach’ one lawyer says

July 8, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

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Washington D.C., Jul 8, 2021 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
Recent federal LGBT nondiscrimination guidance for employers goes far beyond the law, one legal and religious freedom expert told CNA. “This is an outrageous overrea… […]

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Here is a little thought exercise about the lesbian/Communion controversy…

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… conducted by canon lawyer, Dr. Ed Peters: Perhaps this thought exercise might help folks to think through the lesbian/Communion controversy better. Imagine we’re looking at the line of those approaching for holy Communion one […]

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