The Catholic Church and Contraception, Part 3
St. Augustine of Hippo Part 1 explained that Catholic teaching on contraception, and indeed its larger teaching on marriage, [...]
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02, 2022
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01, 2022
The Catholic Church and Contraception, Part 2
Part 1 explained that Catholic teaching on contraception is part of the Church’s larger teaching on marriage. Both reflect the [...]
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01, 2022
The Catholic Church and Contraception, Part 1
At a time when relativism has undermined the idea of objective truth, both philosophy and religion are challenged more than [...]
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01, 2022
What Informed Catholics Expect of Prelates
As I noted in “Overcoming Our Social Chaos” and “A Layman’s Memo to Catholic Prelates” the future of both Catholic [...]
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01, 2022
A Layman’s Memo to Catholic Prelates
It seems that the more social problems have multiplied in America in recent years, the less helpful the leadership of [...]
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01, 2022
Overcoming Our Social Chaos
As I explained in my last essay, several generations of individuals have grown up believing that they are never responsible [...]
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12, 2021
The Consequence of Ignoring Consequences
An idea prompts an action, which in turn suggests another idea, which leads to yet another action, and so on. [...]
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12, 2021
Are “Your” Opinions Really Yours?
Some time ago I asked a friend what she thought of the 3000 migrants who for several days had been [...]
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12, 2021
One Man’s Powerful Example
Many ideas that used to be considered absurd are now considered wise. For example, the idea that disbanding police departments [...]
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11, 2021
U.S. Bishops Need to Heed Chesterton’s Advice
One of G.K. Chesterton’s most profound statements was this: “A thinking man must always attack the strongest thing in his [...]