Is the Supreme Court seeking a judicial middle ground in the abortion wars—a stance that pleases and displeases prolifers and prochoicers alike, although for opposite reasons? If so, two pending cases could provide opportunity for […]
Evidently timed to coincide with the heating up of the presidential race, a movie called Civil War made its debut in theaters across the country in March. It is premised on the fantastic notion of […]
By now, it should be clear that when the Church issues a document addressing several topics, one of which is sex, our major secular media will ignore the rest and concentrate on sex. The latest […]
A surprisingly large number of priests are said to have lately been replying “no thanks” when invited to become bishops. If that’s so, it may help explain why Pope Francis, responding to discussions that took […]
Holy Week and Easter bring with them liturgies of great beauty and solemnity suitable to the momentous significance of the events they recall. That significance is, of course, redemption. And for assistance in explaining it, […]
Come right down to it, the argument is simple to the point of being self-evident: a human embryo is either a human person or well along in the process of becoming one. In either case, […]
A New York Times/CBS poll some years ago found that two out of three adult American Catholics didn’t believe that at Mass the consecrated bread and wine truly became Jesus’ body and blood. Instead they […]
Have you ever wondered about those weekday feasts between Christmas and New Year’s Day? They include two martyrs—St. Stephen and St.Thomas a Becket—as well as the Holy Infants, who lost their lives to Herod’s vicious […]
After Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, the New York Times pronounced him part of the Christian nationalist movement. Then it hastened to find a sociologist who agreed […]
The Supreme Court is expected soon to decide—indeed, may have decided by the time you read this—whether to let stand or review a lower court decision clamping down on mail order abortion. The focal point […]
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