To begin with, I’ve always been uncomfortable with any one-size-fits-all label that, by the mere utterance, is supposed to convince the hearer. Labels then become short-cuts for research, analysis, and argument.
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For the first time in many years, the pro-life movement has an opportunity to make significant legislative gains for the protection and dignity of unborn children, with the arrival of a president-elect and congress that are sympathetic to the pro-life cause. Unfortunately, some in the pro-life movement don’t see it that way
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What we have learned from WikiLeaks is that in its efforts to interfere with the Church in the United States and Church teaching the Clinton campaign bears a closer resemblance to the Russians and the Communist Manifesto than to our founding fathers and the Constitution. Where is the outrage?
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Why do politicians like Tim Kaine think they are Catholic? Why do they go to such lengths to...
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On May 5, 2016 in Rome, Pope Francis celebrated the “Jubilee of Tears” and spoke of the...
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Too often, we see this exact scenario being played out in dioceses across the nation. Liberal chanceries built by previous progressive bishops, perpetuating themselves and their constituencies groups at the determinant of faithful Catholics while the new bishops
‘go along to get along.’
Is it unfair to expect that Catholics, whose law holds a mother accountable for killing her unborn child, might entertain Trump’s brief and awkward proposition as both a reasonable and moral proposition worthy of response?
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Essentially, traditional marriage for Francis is an ideal, merely an ideal, that most people cannot attain. And while the Church will continue to promote the ideal, because few can attain the Church’s ideal marriage what are thought of as irregular unions and marriages, Francis believes, should in practice be legitimized.
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These are battles you can win. You do not have to use PayPal in many cases. You do not have to drink Starbucks coffee. You do not have to watch or attend NFL or NBA games. You do not have to belong to the Democratic Party or vote for its candidates. Stop supporting them.
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Sadly, Weigel and George cursorily urged Catholics to reject Trump’s candidacy because he is “manifestly unfit to be president of the United States” and because of “his vulgarity, oafishness, shocking ignorance.”
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How can we build a society that will welcome the stranger across the borders of our nation if we fail to welcome the child across the border of the womb?
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Readers of the Ethics will have no doubt about why Holy Communion cannot be offered to the divorced and civilly married or why the Church can never recognize same-sex unions and similar falsehoods some wish to introduce into the Church.
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