Canonizing Joe Biden
Canonizing Joe Biden? I know my Republican friends will think this is a misprint. A week or so ago I [...]
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11, 2020
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11, 2020
Anatomy of a Bizarre Election
The 2020 election results won't be final until the ballot challenges and court cases are decided, and the process could [...]
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10, 2020
Pope Francis and Same-Sex Unions
Background Note: I recently explained how popes have strived to preserve doctrinal continuity by supporting their predecessors’ pronouncements. I noted, as well, [...]
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10, 2020
Pope Francis’ Curious Encyclical, Part 2
Summary of Part 1: In Rerum Novarum (1891) Pope Leo XIII wrote: “The first and most fundamental principle . . . if [...]
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10, 2020
Pope Francis’ Curious Encyclical
Pope Francis’ latest encyclical, Fratelli Tutti (Brothers All) offers an odd combination of timely and profound insights, flawed judgment, and an [...]
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09, 2020
Jesuits Embarrassing Jesuits
St. Ignatius of Loyola There are fourteen Jesuit priests on the editorial board of America Magazine, each with [...]
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09, 2020
Enhancing Biden’s Image With Catholics
For many decades, Democrats have been able to count on the votes of a majority of Catholic voters, mainly because [...]
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09, 2020
Let Catholic Voters Beware
The article is titled Trump or Biden? What’s a Catholic voter to do? and the author is Thomas Reese, an accomplished [...]
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09, 2020
The Validity of Baptism
Was your baptism valid? The question is not an idle one, as Father Matthew Hood, a young priest in the [...]
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08, 2020
Do Catholics Really Need Shorter Sermons?
I suppose it was only a matter of time before someone applied the fast food concept to religion. Well, that [...]