Considering Cardinal O’Connor’s life of service in this cause, one is tempted to say, “we shall not see his like again.” But the inspiration he gave to others by his wisdom, energy, and fearlessness makes that a doubtful prediction. Continue Reading »
Surely one assassination attempt against the pope whose teaching and example animate the living parts of the world Church was enough. Continue Reading »
Those demeaning John Paul’s intellectual and moral heroism in a lame attempt to defend the Liquid Catholicism that has proven an evangelical failure everywhere are examples of intellectual exhaustion and evangelical cowardice in the face of woke cultural aggression. Continue Reading »
Moral principles are either true or false, sound or unsound, regardless of their foundation. We should not, and indeed cannot, separate the beliefs of faith from the convictions and evidence of reason. Continue Reading »
We have to face issues of sexual abuse head on—the truth of the gospel is at stake. Continue Reading »
The doctrines of hell and grave sin have been downplayed for decades in the American Church. Continue Reading »
If Ross Douthat is right about a crisis in conservative Catholicism, what is the equivalent in conservative Protestantism? A lethal cocktail of sharp practice, kitsch, and superficiality, perhaps?
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Looking back on the controversy that preceded Pope Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical, Humanae Vitae, I get the impression that there was an even deeper issue in play than the question of the morally appropriate means to regulate human fertility. Underneath that debate, another issue was being contested: How should Catholics do moral theology? Continue Reading »
Richard John Neuhaus In October 1993, Pope John Paul II issued his tenth encyclical, Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth). The tabloids blazoned that the Pope is clamping down on sexual ethics. And yes, it turns out that he hasn't changed his mind on fornication and adultery, but . . . . Continue Reading »
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