Russian Politician Wants to Ban Apple CEO Who Says Being Gay is God’s Gift; Violence After Preachers Blame Liberian Gays for Ebola; Global LGBT Recap
Apple CEO Tim Cook, who heads what is certainly one of the most visible global…
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Douthat: Conservatives Will Take Their Ball and Go Home if Francis Changes “Their” Church
In the New York Times, Ross Douthat cheers the conservative rebuff at the recently concluded…
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Church Synod Recap: Micromanaging the Morals of Others
Changes in tone are no substitute for changes in substance.
Read MoreDid Pope Francis Win, Lose or Draw at the Family Synod?
How you view the no-consensus outcome of the just-concluded Extraordinary Synod on the Family very…
Read MoreConservative Bishops Get “Different Translation” Dialing Back Language on LGBT Acceptance
Will the Francis revolution be lost in translation?
Read MoreSynod ‘Fight for Soul’ of Catholic Church, Flap On English Translation of Key Report; Anti-Gay Law Advances in Kyrgyzstan; Global LGBT Recap
The big story this week is the ideological warfare and spin-control struggles that broke into…
Read MoreBishops More Welcoming To LGBT, But Not to Women
The surprisingly conciliatory tone regarding gay Catholics in the working document for the family synod…
Read MoreR.I.P. Pope John Paul’s “Contraceptive Mentality”: 1979–2014
The biggest news to come out of the bishops’ synod in Rome so far is…
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Pope Calls Out “Bad Shepherds” as Conservatives Prepare to Fight Change
Just a day before gay marriage in the U.S. received a significant boost from the Supreme…
Read MoreNew Accusations Force the Question: Will Bishops “Be Held Accountable” on Sexual Abuse, as Francis Promised?
It’s been just two months since Pope Francis declared, to the skepticism of victims’ rights…
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