Cardinal Dolan’s Discernment Deficit
Cardinal Timothy Dolan is America’s “most important churchman,” according to Newsweek. The magazine based that assessment on his position as [...]
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05, 2018
Understanding Infallibility, Part 4
Part 1 discussed the origin of the doctrine of Papal Infallibility in the first Vatican Council (1869-1870). Part 2 examined [...]
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05, 2018
Understanding Infallibility, Part 3
Part 1 discussed the origin of the doctrine of Papal Infallibility in the first Vatican Council (1869-1870), as well as [...]
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05, 2018
Understanding Infallibility, Part 2
Part 1 discussed the origin of the doctrine of Papal Infallibility in the first Vatican Council (1869-1870), as well as [...]
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05, 2018
Understanding Infallibility
The woman was confused about the Catholic doctrine of infallibility, so she wrote to a Catholic website for clarification. The [...]
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04, 2018
Pope Francis and the State of the Church
The story thus far: When Pope Francis advised young people to “cry out” on issues, I commented that though “no [...]
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04, 2018
Dissatisfaction with Pope Francis
Almost immediately after my essay “Pope Francis’ Support of Protests” was published, I received four interesting comments: Arthur began by [...]
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04, 2018
Pope Francis’ Support of Protests
On the day before Palm Sunday 2018, young people in the U.S. participated in a march in favor of gun [...]
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03, 2018
The Blessings of Lent
All Christians know the story of Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection by heart. They know, as well, the incomparable blessing [...]
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03, 2018
The Latest Schoolhouse Absurdity
I recently wrote, “Contemporary discussion of social issues is filled with overgeneralization, oversimplification, selective reporting of facts, and appeals to [...]