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There are reasons to be dubious about the allegations put forward by culture warrior Carlo Maria Viganò, a Benedict XVI ally.
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Credible allegations of bias toward Catholicism have been recently made against Religion News Service. It’s hard to read a recent regurgitation by Cardinal Dolan of the Bishop’s position on reproductive rights as anything other than confirmation of those allegations.
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Teilhard’s insistence on a super-human, of not just spiritual but physical existence, dominated his thought over the last decade of his life—well after the death camps permeated the public consciousness.
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After Bishop Michael Bruce Curry delivered his sermon at today’s wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, many observers around the world wondered, as one headline put it, “Who was the Jesuit priest…
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Stories of sexual abuse and misconduct are, of course, nothing new. The matter changes. So do the punishments and the means of restoration or reconciliation. When Oedipus, the legendary Greek king…
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Gilbert Baker, who created the rainbow flag design that has become a symbol of the LGBT movement worldwide, died on March 31 in New York City. March 31 was also International Transgender Day of…
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As Steve Bannon has allied with the pope’s bitterest opponents, liberals have had all the more reason to rally behind Francis.
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It’s understandable that with people grasping for a light in the darkness in the wake of Trump’s Muslim travel ban, they would look to the leadership of the Catholic Church. After all, the…
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There’s beauty in mythology, to be sure. But there is also grave danger in believing mythologies can save broken institutions.
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I am not shocked by the Vatican’s recent affirmation of the 2005 ban on admitting gay men to the priesthood. There’s nothing new here. Despite the media and liberal priests’ attempt to portray the “…
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