Catholic Cohabitators, Fornicators, and Masturbators, Please Step Up
On sacrament-denial and slut-shaming: why Barbara Johnson is a Catholic hero.
Read MoreOn sacrament-denial and slut-shaming: why Barbara Johnson is a Catholic hero.
Read MoreBut the demand for hierarchy has a larger impact on politics. In Bill Clinton’s often-quoted words: “When times are uncertain, the American people would rather have a leader who is wrong but strong than one who is right but weak.” Just as the father must rule to keep the home in order, and the Father in Heaven must be obeyed to keep the universe in order, so the “great white father” in the White House must have firm control to keep order in the political realm.
Read MoreJustice as “creative process in individual circumstance.” Couldn’t agree more.
Read MoreThe Pope took a big first step that the rest of the leadership must follow.
Read MoreIs it supposed to?
Read MoreI was both saddened and gratified by Mark Oppenheimer’s follow-up piece on the authors of Open Embrace, a Protestant couple’s jointly-written book on why they chose not to use artificial contraception, and how it helped their marriage. Turns out, though, it didn’t work out so well for them. And I was sad to hear it. Truly.
Read MoreA heated summer of “resistance to totalitarian incursions against religious liberty.”
Read MoreA report from the principally Catholic anti-contraception rally in Maryland reveals a constituency whose calls for religious freedom appear to be at the cost of freedom for all others.
Read MoreIn the wake of the Obama administration’s decision to require that insurance plans cover some non-abortion related reproductive health care, the bishops have launched a political campaign. Will US Catholics follow?
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