Hell in a Cell: ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’ Reflects the Growing Belief That Cocksure Men Will Save Us in the Battle of Good v. Evil
Although it was a financial success, The Pope’s Exorcist, featuring a virile Russell Crowe as…
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Pope Benedict’s 2006 Islamophobia Controversy Wasn’t an Isolated Incident — Islamophobia is an Integral Part of His Theological Legacy
Since Benedict XVI’s death on December 31, 2022, a flurry of reflections have emerged about…
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George Weigel’s Revisionist History Casts Vatican II as a Christian Nationalist Handbook
The upcoming 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, better known as Vatican II, will…
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As Catholic Bishops Punish Dissent, Rosemary Radford Ruether’s Life and Legacy Show the Way Forward
Theologians will tell you that Catholic theology almost always favors both/and scenarios, yet the U.S….
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Why Nobody Should Be Surprised That Pope Francis Made Problematic Comments About Judaism — And That He Remains Unapologetic
The tenure of Pope Francis has been marked by his support for a host of…
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Anti-Vaxx Cardinal Burke, Just Off the Ventilator, is Becoming a Living Anti-Abortion Martyr
Earlier this month Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke announced to the world that he had contracted…
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Douthat’s Criticism of Pope’s Restriction of Latin Mass Is Fascinating; It’s Also Ahistorical and Has Been Used Before
In a recent opinion piece in the New York Times, fellow Catholic Ross Douthat criticized…
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Pope Francis Praised for ‘Civil Unions’ Comment, But Justice Begins at Home—In the Vatican
Theology, “the queen of the sciences” as it’s been known since the Middle Ages, is…
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New Book by Olivier Roy Argues that Aggressive Attempts to Christianize the West Actually Hasten Secularism
How completely de-Christianized and secularized has Western Europe become? Data from the EU tell a…
Read MoreVatican’s ‘Dumbed Down Version of an Old Argument’ on Gender Can’t Stop Changes in Catholicism
The past two popes insist, against mounting evidence, that the gender binary, male and female, is given in nature and blessed by God. God, a male after all, created them Male and Female. The Genesis account inconveniently leaves out the detail about the blue and pink blankets and onesies.
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