U.S. Bishops Reject Pope Francis’ Priorities
The U.S. Catholic bishops have now gathered four times for their semi-annual meeting since Pope…
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Catholic Bishops End Family Synod With Little To Say To Gays; World Congress of Families Has Plenty To Say, None of it Good; How Same-Sex Marriage Came to a Buddhist Temple in Japan; Global LGBT Recap
Intersex Awareness Day was observed around the world on October 26. In what one advocate…
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“Own Your Heresy”: The Argument Over Who Gets to Do Public Theology Takes a Sharp Turn
The topic of Ross Douthat’s Erasmus Lecture for First Things magazine this week was “The Crisis of Conservative Catholicism,”…
Read MoreConservatives Have Officially Become the Catholic Church’s Tea Party
As the much-ballyhooed family synod lurches into its final days, with no clear consensus on…
Read MoreThe Plot to Turn the Synod into a “Plot”
It’s official—with Ross Douthat’s conspiracy-drenched Sunday column, the idea that the synod is somehow a “plot…
Read MoreConservative Cardinals’ Controversial Letter Cites Church Appeal
While most reactions to the 13 conservative cardinals who sent a letter to Pope Francis…
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Pope’s Liberal Defenders are Missing the Point
In the wake of his September visit to the United States, a great deal was written…
Read MoreConservative Hardliners at Synod Prompt Question: “What Are We Doing Here?”
As the first week of the second installment of the bishops’ synod on the family…
Read More“Saints Are Only Human”: Leaving the Church, But Heeding this Pope’s Lessons
Last week I took an urgent phone call from my brother who was seething about the pope’s…
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Welcome to the “Spin-od”: Conservatives Look to Halt Reforms on Divorce and Other “Family Matters”
Now that Pope Francis has concluded his historic US visit, all eyes turn to Rome…
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