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Residents sue Louisiana to block state’s inclusion of Ten Commandments in schools

June 26, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

A general view of the Louisiana State Capitol on April 17, 2020, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. / Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 26, 2024 / 16:30 pm (CNA).
A coalition of state residents is suing the Louisiana go… […]

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On Cardinal McElroy’s misguided “clarifications” on sin, sex, and conscience

March 7, 2023 Larry Chapp 41

When I was a young seminarian I studied moral theology under the tutelage of the late, great Germain Grisez (1929-2018). I did not agree with all aspects of his “new natural law” theory, but his […]

Essay

A better way forward: A response to Cardinal Robert McElroy

February 20, 2023 Bishop Thomas John Paprocki 23

Much ink has been spilled about Cardinal Robert McElroy’s January 24th piece in America on synodality and inclusion. Less attention has been paid to Cardinal McElroy’s follow up interview (Feb 3, 2023), also in America, […]

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Washington, D.C., to launch ‘Thou shalt not kill’ sign campaign to end gun violence 

January 10, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Community activists have begun a campaign to place thousands of signs across the city quoting the sixth commandment, “Thou shalt not kill.” / WTOP

Washington D.C., Jan 10, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA).
“My family is shattered. My heart is broken,” a W… […]

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The Commandments and the restoration of civilization

September 7, 2022 Father Jerry J. Pokorsky 39

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword” (Mt. 10:34). The bloodshed and pain of a sword – metaphorical or literal […]

The Dispatch

Pro-life legislation and the pain of compromise

August 30, 2022 David G. Bonagura, Jr. 5

The defeat, in early August, of the Kansas ballot initiative to remove the state’s “right to abortion” prompted soul searching within the pro-life movement over how to pursue legal restrictions on abortion in our post-Roe […]

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Epilogue: The Commandments as the path to joy

April 1, 2021 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 1

This Lenten series began by urging the reader to a deeper love of the Commandments by putting on the mind of a devout Jew. That will be even more necessary now if our present reflection […]

Essay

God’s Law of Love: A Spirituality of the Ten Commandments (Part 7)

March 30, 2021 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 3

The Eighth Commandment is concerned with the necessity of telling the truth. This topic is dealt with in a most interesting fashion in the Catechism: from the perspective of the obligation of the People of […]

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God’s Law of Love: A Spirituality of the Ten Commandments (Part 5)

March 23, 2021 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 5

Sixth and Ninth Commandments In examining the Sixth and Ninth Commandments, we follow the lead of Christ Himself, who took cognizance of the sixth law of the Decalogue and immediately connected it to that desire […]

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God’s Law of Love: A Spirituality of the Ten Commandments (Part 4)

March 17, 2021 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 3

“Thou shalt not kill,” enjoins the Lord God. This section of the Catechism spells out the implications of that short injunction. The rationale for it is found in Donum Vitae of the Congregation for the […]

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