Archbishop Dolan’s Love Letter to Rep. Ryan Betrays Catholic Teaching
When bishops really disagree with someone, they are not tepid. Their language glows hot and they follow it up with strong action.
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USCCB’s Dolan Blesses Ryan Budget
Catholic Republicans tout letter after Catholic criticism of proposed budget cuts.
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Not His House: Archbishop Oversteps, Opposes Repeal of DADT
On December 1, Catholic Archbishop for the Military Services Timothy Broglio contributed an essay to the Washington Post’s “On Faith” opposing the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell; the Clinton-era policy that prevents LGBT persons from serving openly in the military. He quotes at length from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, compares homosexuality to alcoholism, and makes the unconvincing, dishonest claim that lifting the ban would infringe upon the religious liberty of Catholic chaplains by forcing them to bless same-gender marriages. But the military is not the Catholic Church.
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Sullivan v. Gallagher: Catholics Debate LGBT Rights At Georgetown
Sullivan praises God for homosexuality, while Gallagher demands pro-LGBT rights Catholics repent.
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Condoms and Common Sense
The most recent comments from the Vatican on the Pope’s intentions in his remarks on condom use emphasize his desire to “kick-start” a discussion. It would be fair to ask: a discussion about what? And to wonder if there might be an openness to those who have an alternate vision of human sexuality to that which has dominated official discourse over the last 30 years…
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Sex Miseducation: Prof Fired for Pushing Catholic ‘Natural Law’
It all started this past May with an email composed by an undergraduate student in “Introduction to Catholicism and Modern Catholic Thought,” a course offered in the Religious Studies department at the University of Illinois. The student forwarded to the department chair an email the…
Read MoreCatholic Prof Teaches that Same-Sex Marriage is Violation of ‘Natural Law’
But it’s even more disturbing that a prof at a state school paid was paid by the church.
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Argue-by-Number: A Suggestion for the Church
In which our columnist suggests that the Church adopt a scheme of numbering to refer to its various arguments against homosexuality. It would be more efficient, certainly, given that these arguments are continually invoked. But why the incessant repetition?
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