Regarding today’s Supreme Court ruling about marriage, we can respond to this in a way that will either bolster our Catholic community or work to annihilate it. To Annihilate: Hold angry marches and angry political-activism protests, and respond as though […]
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s marriage decision, these sober thoughts occur: (1) The Supreme Court of the United States [SCOTUS] has rendered a decision that puts the Court at odds with the Constitution, […]
In a wide-reaching decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has declared that same-sex “marriage” is a constitutional right and that states must recognize same-sex unions contracted as marriages in other states. By a vote of […]
Today, Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, released the following statement about the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage: Regardless of what a narrow majority of the Supreme […]
You may be pardoned, dear reader, for thinking the world has finally gone mad, for in a real sense it has. Forty-eight years ago we were treated to the misnamed ‘summer of love.’ Today, we […]
While most people are familiar with Janet E. Smith because of her work to clarify the Church’s teaching on contraception, she has recently expanded her focus to include those with same-sex attraction and those who […]
Is spiritual direction intended only for a small elite group composed of clergy and nuns and a handful of laity with special vocations? Not really. Direction is for serious Christians generally, whether cleric, religious, or […]
A graduate student of mine is currently writing a thesis on St. Irenaeus of Lyons, and she reminded me that he (who died c. 202) had to contend with a problem that still bedevils Christians […]
The Supreme Court will soon issue its decision on Obergefell v. Hodges—a case that will determine whether the US Constitution requires all 50 states to redefine marriage to include same-sex couples. Many legal experts believe […]
Fifty years ago, prior to my freshman year at Baltimore’s St. Paul Latin High School, the late Father W. Vincent Bechtel introduced me to The Summer Reading List, upper-case. Father Bechtel didn’t fool around: he […]
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