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Massimo Faggioli’s many errors regarding canon law, Francis’ letter to the Argentine bishops

December 8, 2017 Edward N. Peters 8

Faggioli’s recent Commonweal essay illustrates several of the ways that non-canonists can stumble over canonical issues while setting faulty views before the public. […]

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Moral theology should make saints—not excuses

December 2, 2017 Nicholas Senz 6

Moral theologians should pursue research and reflection in order to bring forth and multiply the Church’s rich tradition on spiritual growth and holiness. They should […]

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Superstition, Dissent, and Scandal? A brief defense of Fr. Thomas Weinandy

November 5, 2017 Dr. Michael Sirilla 48

Some pundits from both progressive and orthodox quarters have been quick to criticize and even condemn Fr. Weinandy and his missive to the Pope.Thus, a […]

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What Boudway gets wrong about indissoluble marriages

October 25, 2017 Edward N. Peters 8

The Catholic Church does not teach that “all valid marriages are indissoluble”. She teaches, more precisely than Matthew Boudway grasps, that all valid marriages are […]

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Disregarding the divinely-rooted Canon 915 portends serious consequences

October 9, 2017 Edward N. Peters 24

In short, personal conscience is being urged as a substitute for public conduct as a key criterion controlling certain questions of ecclesiastical governance. […]

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A corrective to some of Prof. Buttiglione’s recent assertions about canon law

October 6, 2017 Edward N. Peters 6

Buttiglione has misunderstood and/or misrepresented some important, if this time more subtle, canonical points in his recent critique of the Correctio Filialis. […]

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How “cheap sex” is changing our relationships and marriages

October 2, 2017 Leslie Fain 11

Sociologist Mark Regnerus’ new book examines how technology is transforming cultural attitudes towards sex and marriage. […]

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Once Again, “Amoris Laetitia” §303

September 30, 2017 Eduardo Echeverria 31

Robert Fastiggi and Dawn Eden Goldsteins’ criticism in La Stampa of my 2016 CWR article about AL §303 is a failure in hermeneutical charity and, more […]

The Dispatch

That’s not right. That’s not even wrong.

September 21, 2017 Edward N. Peters 28

There is no Church law or teaching that lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and/or transgender people “must be celibate their entire lives”. None. […]

The Dispatch

Notes for Australian Catholics regarding the ‘same-sex marriage’ postal vote

September 20, 2017 Edward N. Peters 9

Insofar as good citizenship is a moral duty for all Catholics, our conduct as citizens, including our casting a ballot, has moral implications; we are […]

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