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June 2019

June 13, 2019
So yes, I do think we should ask whether a particular religious practice inclines towards...
June 08, 2019
It is never appropriate for one person to tell another “I am having sexual urges...
June 05, 2019
by guest writer Sean O’Conaill That Jesus called people to ‘follow me’ in the Gospel is...

May 2019

May 26, 2019
Once again, Pope Francis has compared having an abortion to “hiring a hitman.” As reported...
May 26, 2019
This might seem cynical to people brought up on feel-good romances, the inheritors of our...
May 20, 2019
I fervently pray that you had no idea the way your words would sound. I...
May 16, 2019
What if we let the jury remain out on difficult metaphysical questions about personhood, and...
May 10, 2019
Pope Francis’ announcement, a few days ago, that the results of the commission to study...
May 08, 2019
Coming in from planting sweet corn today, I glanced down at my dirty calloused hands...
May 04, 2019
SPOILERS OF COURSE I’ve been a fan of George R.R. Martin’s monumental epic, A Song...

April 2019

April 27, 2019
The policies advanced by leaders such as Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, while...
April 25, 2019
 This is the deep difference between Gray and myself: for me, for us Christians,  the...
April 25, 2019
In short, the “crisis” or “scandal” in the Roman Catholic Church (and other religious organizations...
April 19, 2019
While the original look and “feel” of the Notre Dame’s spire cannot be replicated, and...
April 11, 2019
While the legislation is unlikely to pass, given extensive resistance - including from some pro-life...
April 07, 2019
Here’s a piece of advice as I remove all of you from my life -...
April 05, 2019
The Gospel is clear about Jesus’ call to reject violence. We are admonished to love...

March 2019

March 31, 2019
Dante’s image may seem over-the-top, but when I look at the ferocity with which my...
March 26, 2019
any school that defrauds its workers of their just wages, does not count as authentically...
March 25, 2019
We need to get over thinking in terms of religious wars and conquest, get over...
March 23, 2019
This was when I began to see the phenomenon of “bad local.” The kind of...
March 17, 2019
THAT was the part of that story that shocked you?...That was the news worthy part...
March 14, 2019
This inability to hear is also associated with a need to protect institutions. People don’t...
March 11, 2019
Davidson’s criticisms are not anti-Catholic, however. They are anti-rape, anti-assault, and anti-injustice. And insofar as...
March 08, 2019
I’m sorry, but if you don't just differ on certain points, but in fact stand...
March 06, 2019
Political stances are not just aesthetic poses. All political views are not equally deserving of...

February 2019

February 24, 2019
If the church were to turn out to have been wrong in its teaching, we...
February 22, 2019
And for most of our history, false accusations have broadly been made by white people,...
February 21, 2019
It doesn’t require a special class. One need not pay for and download a program....
February 17, 2019
Our own scandals seem especially revolting juxtaposed against our constant reiterations of specialness: the one...
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