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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 […]

Analysis

A Cardinal Misunderstanding of the Hierarchy of Truths

February 8, 2023 T. Alex Giltner, Ph.D. 19

Catholic media has been reacting the last two weeks to Cardinal McElroy’s recent piece on synodality and “radical inclusivism” in the Church. Responding to some of his critics, his Eminence appeared on the America magazine […]

Columns

Garrigou-Lagrange’s On Divine Revelation is a master class of Thomistic apologetics

January 23, 2023 Joseph G. Trabbic 18

I’m sure very few people ever expected to see a revival of interest in the thought of the late French Dominican theologian Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange. In preconciliar Catholic theology his traditional Thomism belonged to the mainstream, […]

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American Catholics remember Benedict XVI’s singular brilliance, love for beauty

January 6, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Visit to the United States – April 15- 20, 2008 / Vatican Media

Washington D.C., Jan 6, 2023 / 12:55 pm (CNA).
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died Dec. 31, was remembered as “brilliant,” yet “humble” and “warm” in a discussion yesterday with s… […]

Essay

He attended to the foundation: On the gift of Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI

December 31, 2022 Tracey Rowland 10

The name Joseph Ratzinger first came to my attention in 1985 with the publication of The Ratzinger Report. Reading The Report and other books by Ratzinger was life-changing for myself and many of my friends. […]

Features

The National Survey of Priests suggests a deep crisis in Catholic theology

December 28, 2022 Msgr. Thomas G. Guarino 74

A few weeks ago, the Catholic Project at The Catholic University of America released the results of a massive survey of Catholic priests in the United States. Priests interviewed numbered 3,500 from 191 American dioceses. […]

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Pope Francis praises ‘fruitful’ theology of Benedict XVI

December 1, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI greet each other at the 65th priestly ordination of Pope Emeritus XVI at the Clementine Hall. / © L’Osservatore Romano

CNA Newsroom, Dec 1, 2022 / 05:06 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Thursday praised the … […]

The Dispatch

Extra, extra! News and views for November 30, 2022

November 30, 2022 CWR Staff 9

Liberalism and Religion – “The Notre Dame Law Review hosted its second symposium of the academic year on November 11 in Biolchini Hall of Law. [The symposium] revolved around the theme of ‘Liberalism, Christianity, and […]

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Pope Francis says this is the difference between theologians and catechists

November 24, 2022 Catholic News Agency 9

Pope Francis / Daniel Ibáñez / CNA

Rome Newsroom, Nov 24, 2022 / 06:40 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Thursday distinguished between how catechists and theologians interact with Church teaching.A theologian, he said, has a vocation to go beyond exis… […]

Essay

A Tribute to David L. Schindler: Teacher and Friend

November 21, 2022 Conor Dugan 4

The theologian David L. Schindler once wrote that: [W]e must first recognize that our being originates as a gift: it has always first been given to us by God, and indeed by others in God. […]

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