Why Defrocking Is Not the Answer
I have written before concerning Pope Francis' contempt for conservative Catholics. One such example of that contempt was his statement [...]
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11, 2023
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09, 2023
Pope Francis’ View of Conservative Catholics
In a conversation with Jesuit priests and students in Portugal on August 28, 2023, Pope Francis answered a number of [...]
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12, 2022
Pope Francis Offers Guidance
On November 22 five staff from America Magazine, two Jesuits and three laypeople, interviewed Pope Francis on topics ranging from [...]
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07, 2022
Misrepresenting Catholic Teaching
I recently expressed concern about the Catholic hierarchy’s troubling stance on homosexuality. Another statement by Pope Francis unfortunately increases rather [...]
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10, 2021
Where Pope Francis Needs to Improve
Polls reveal that a large majority of Catholics have a positive view of Pope Francis. However, far fewer look to [...]
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09, 2021
Catholic Bishops’ Response to Biden’s Vaccine Mandate
President Biden has made clear his belief that everyone has a moral obligation to receive the Covid vaccine. The refusal [...]
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12, 2020
Pope Francis’ Message to a Struggling World
Pope Francis’ new book, Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future, was published on December 1, 2020. The publisher [...]
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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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11, 2019
Denying Communion to Joe Biden, Part 3
The Cushing principle discussed in Part 1 and Part 2 of this essay—that expressing one’s beliefs in the public square [...]