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Pope: ‘I will not say a single word’ on Vigano’s allegations of cover-up

August 26, 2018 Catholic News Agency 65

During an in-flight press conference as he returned from Ireland, Francis said people should make up their own minds about the ex-nuncio’s claims that the Pope […]

Analysis

If Viganò’s “Testimony” is true, Pope Francis has failed his own test

August 26, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 73

The testimony Archbishop Viganò offers is neither perfectly crafted, nor immune to criticism, but it is wide-ranging, detailed, and devastating. […]

Analysis

Whither the Church on “sensitivity” to homosexuals?

August 21, 2018 Thomas R. Ascik 55

To what degree does the campaign of American Jesuit Fr. James Martin become the agenda for parishes in the Catholic Church throughout the world? […]

The Dispatch

The unspoken message of heaven at Knock

August 21, 2018 Father Seán Connolly 19

The enigma of the apparition at Knock was its silence. […]

The Dispatch

Full text: Pope Francis’ Letter to the People of God

August 20, 2018 CWR Staff 31

On August 20, 2018, Pope Francis released a letter to the faithful in light of revelations of sexual abuse of minors and adults by members […]

Capital Punishment and the Catechism: A Symposium

Capital Punishment and the Catechism: A CWR Symposium

August 18, 2018 Carl E. Olson 6

Six Catholic scholars and commentators reflect on the Holy Father’s recent and controversial revision to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. […]

General

On human dignity and the death penalty

August 16, 2018 James V. Schall, S.J. 2

Whether human dignity is upheld if we allow no executions remains an open question. As Plato intimated, a case for the execution of certain criminals […]

General

The death penalty debate and the Church’s magisterium

August 16, 2018 Edward N. Peters 21

I regard the liceity of the death penalty as having been established with infallible certitude by the Church’s ordinary magisterium. […]

General

Development, not deviation: Evaluating Francis’ modification on the death penalty

August 16, 2018 Thomas J. Nash 3

We can reaffirm that state executions are not intrinsically evil, even while we join Pope Francis in working toward the abolition of their social application. […]

General

Capital punishment: Intrinsically evil or morally permissible?

August 16, 2018 Joseph G. Trabbic 8

What we appear to have on our hands is a case of interpretive undecidability. […]

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