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Paul, in what is significantly known as a “pastoral epistle” (advice from an apostle to one of the bishops he is leaving behind to shepherd the Church), warns Timothy of
Paul, in what is significantly known as a “pastoral epistle” (advice from an apostle to one of the bishops he is leaving behind to shepherd the Church), warns Timothy of
Kevin O’Brien, wrestling with the false sense of certitude that the Greatest Catholics of All Time[TM] have often manifested, struggles understandably with distinguishing what is permanent and what is prudential
Over at his blog he writes: Paul is a good guy and a good teacher. Check thou it out!
Over at Where Peter Is, the invaluable Matthew Schluenderfritz writes a fine little piece on how apologetics can transmogrify the Faith from a commitment to the person of Jesus to
Long ago, before conservative American Catholics devolved, for the most part, into a sect bent on attacking the Magisterium, creating schism from the Holy Father, and turning the Church in
Pope Francis, Fake News, and Post-Truth Journalism Post-truth journalism is not just about narratives for financial profit; it can also be for political or ideological ends. Whole media organizations can
One of the curious things about the function of the Magisterium is that, so far from running around excommunicating people as the popular notion goes or “cracking down” on everything
…don’t forget that MAGA white supremacists long ago surpassed Islamicists as, by far, the gravest domestic terror threat the US has faced since the Confederacy, and they still constitute a
There’s a very simple rule of thumb for dealing with abuse in the Church. Instead of asking “Are they liberal? Are they conservative?” as your metric for deciding who to
He is a good man and he writes over at the reliably sensible Where Peter Is: In Let Us Dream, Pope Francis cuts through the partisanship and the ideologies in our
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