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October 2020

October 04, 2020
Not just the leaders, not just the theologians, but all Christians are called to ponder...

September 2020

September 27, 2020
Tradition, then, in the broadest sense, is the language in which a community recognizes itself...
September 26, 2020
And what is happening now has happened before. It has happened here. But since it...
September 21, 2020
People tell us that sorrow and anger are unproductive , and I don't believe it....
September 17, 2020
I think many of O’Connor’s fans can handle the vision of redemption that she presents...
September 07, 2020
When we talk about "good Catholic" employers, and "good Catholics" schools or universities, we should...

August 2020

August 26, 2020
    Every presidential election year, the same debate returns to Catholic circles: may a...
August 08, 2020
What we are objecting to is not men. We are objecting to immorality. And for...
August 03, 2020
The arc of history will indeed bend again towards justice if Christians everywhere can in...
August 01, 2020
by guest writer Sean O’Conaill   Part I – Redemption as Freedom    “The cross stands...

July 2020

July 26, 2020
Religious communities, whatever else they are about, are about love, hope and faith. They are...
July 18, 2020
The world watches in horror as our numbers go up. And the world closes its...
July 08, 2020
Do they know that God does not exist and how do they do so?  Do...
July 05, 2020
When we begin to explore our reasons for knowledge or belief we quickly realize that...

June 2020

June 18, 2020
Eventually, Trump’s search for scapegoats (“really bad people”) will backfire.  Yet the damage he has already...
June 16, 2020
The legacy of the slaver's rebellion is one that haunts our nation to this day....
June 08, 2020
Why did I get caught up intellectually in the intricacies of knowledge, faith and belief? ...
June 04, 2020
And finally, here’s a simple question. Can you say “Black Lives Matter”? Can you say...

May 2020

May 25, 2020
Jesus taught that we ought to be willing to die for him. Yet here we...
May 22, 2020
How can we call ourselves a “Christian nation” when, instead of standing in collective mourning...
May 15, 2020
Will we be willing to sacrifice some of the pleasures of our precious “American” way...
May 11, 2020
For Christians who believe in the resurrection of the body it seems evasive to talk...
May 03, 2020
We must learn to speak words of peace that are not nonsense; words that are...

April 2020

April 27, 2020
We earlier discussed how Christians and Jews are united. Now we need to look at...
April 20, 2020
What they are actually demanding, even if they do not realize it, is not freedom...
April 19, 2020
By guest writer Gregory Eran Gronbacher   I’ve repeated this wry aphorism so many times...
April 10, 2020
The danger of rejecting the moral significance of earthly life, the here and now, in...

March 2020

March 27, 2020
How does doubting fit in a life of faith? It fits a constantly reforming life...
March 24, 2020
What people like Dan Patrick and R.R. Reno are proposing is literally human sacrifice. That...
March 16, 2020
“God,”again by definition, isn’t in any sense a thing. God is a No-thing, whatever that...
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