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Dr. Janet E. Smith - who has written 4 posts on Catholic Exchange.


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Christopher West’s Work is “Completely Sound,” says Dr. Janet Smith

Posted on 28 May 2009

Christopher West’s interview on ABC’s Nightline has sparked some terrific discussion on the Internet. An impressive amount of the interaction is intelligent and illuminating, even some of that which is seriously wrong. One of the better responses is that by…

Why the Church Isn’t Crazy on Contraception

Posted on 27 May 2005

The complaint that the Catholic Church is wrong to oppose the distribution of condoms to stop the spread of HIV is a bit puzzling, when you think about it.

The ABC’s of ABC

After all, the vast majority of those who have…

He Taught Us Who We Are

Posted on 09 April 2005

In his letter marking the close of the Jubilee year, Pope John Paul II wrote, “I have often stopped to look at the long queues of pilgrims waiting patiently to go through the Holy Door. In each of them I…

Recusant England and Hospital Mergers

Posted on 11 March 2003

Huh? What kind of title is that? You probably haven’t spent much time pondering how columnists get their ideas, and even more specifically, how an historically impaired columnist asked to write on recusant England gets her ideas.

Searching for the Recusants

Well,…

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