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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11, 2020
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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 [...]
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07, 2020
Catholicism: Can the Decline Be Reversed?
That the Catholic Church has been losing numbers for decades has been well established. Why the loss has occurred, however, [...]
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06, 2020
The Bishops’ Flawed View of Racial Problems
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops and individual dioceses were quick to respond to the murder of George Floyd and [...]
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09, 2019
The Nearsighted Shepherd, Part 3
A Guide to Improving Shepherding Part 1 showed how the Bishops’ championing of Muslim migration and support of the foes of American democracy [...]
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09, 2019
The Nearsighted Shepherd, Part 2
Part I of this essay introduced the fable of the Nearsighted Shepherd and likened his situation to that of the [...]
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08, 2019
The Nearsighted Shepherd
A Cautionary Fable Once upon a time, there was a nearsighted shepherd who mistook another flock for his own and [...]
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08, 2019
Have the Shepherds Abandoned the Sheep?
The sheep and shepherds metaphor is a central one in Christianity. It is found in both the Old Testament and [...]
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08, 2018
Abusers, Enablers, and Jesus
The story of Catholic priests and sex abuse is back in the news and it is no less painful for [...]
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08, 2017
Catholic Prelates and Muslim Immigration
For almost two millennia, Christianity has survived innumerable challenges from without, including heresies, schisms and philosophical “isms,” as well as [...]