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Some Types of Sex Abuse More Repulsive than Others
- Archives
- Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
- Dr. Jeffrey A. Mirus
As a society, we are extremely selective about what we are willing to find horrifying. Apparently if we’re conditioned to find something horrifying, we do; and if we’re conditioned to find it acceptable, we do that, too.
Homosexuality: A Special Call to the Love of God and Man
- Archives
- Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
- Dr. Jeffrey A. Mirus
Most of us are forced by cultural circumstances to say far more about homosexuality than we would like. Because of the persistent moral challenge presented by gay advocacy, most of what we have to say is negative. This troubles me… Read More
Arizona, the Rest of Us, and the Futility of Hiding from Immigration
- Archives
- Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
- Dr. Jeffrey A. Mirus
One can deplore or applaud Arizona’s new get-tough law cracking down on illegal immigrants, but rational debate is not served by Cardinal Mahony’s characterization of the new law as the kind of tactic used by Communists and Nazis. Nor is… Read More
God’s Partner: Obama and our Prevailing Prejudices
- Politics
- Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
- Dr. Jeffrey A. Mirus
First Things editor Joseph Bottum has offered a telling critique of President Obama’s effort to enlist the aid of religious leaders for his health care reform. In the October 2009 issue (“The Day for the Religious”), Bottum describes Obama’s conference… Read More
The Bishops, Justice, Health Care and Social Change
- Archives
- Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
- Dr. Jeffrey A. Mirus
Bishop William Murphy’s letter to members of the US House of Representatives endorsing comprehensive health care for every inhabitant of the United States (including illegal immigrants) raises an important question about the involvement of the United States bishops in politics.… Read More
The Economy, in this World and the Next
- Archives
- Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
- Dr. Jeffrey A. Mirus
The phrase “economy of salvation” puzzles many who wonder what faith and finance have to do with each other. One definition of economy is “the disposition or regulation of the parts or functions of any organic whole; an organized system… Read More
On Voting for Pro-Abortion Candidates
- Archives
- Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
- Dr. Jeffrey A. Mirus
It’s election season again, and we should make one more attempt to convince our fellow citizens (and our fellow Catholics) that they cannot morally allow any issue to take precedence over abortion in their decisions about how to vote in… Read More
How to Choose among Presidential Candidates
- Archives
- Friday, January 25th, 2008
- Dr. Jeffrey A. Mirus
A kind reader suggested that I offer an analysis of all the presidential candidates in order to assist voters in making the right choice. Unfortunately, despite the shrill denunciations of modernist Catholics who insist that my opposition to abortion proves… Read More
Damnable Pro-Life Infighting
- Archives
- Monday, June 25th, 2007
- Dr. Jeffrey A. Mirus
I was very sorry to see the recent falling-out between Colorado Right to Life and National Right to Life. I was even more disturbed to see the American Life League commend Colorado Right to Life for putting "personhood before politics"… Read More
Has the Pope Condemned Harry Potter?
- Archives
- Friday, July 29th, 2005
- Dr. Jeffrey A. Mirus
A LifeSiteNews article a couple of weeks ago, headlined “Pope Opposes Harry Potter Novels,” made it appear that Benedict XVI has read the Potter books and found them dangerous.
Given the release a few days later of the sixth novel… Read More
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Italians have a great devotion to St Joseph, and the dishes they prepare to celebrate the feast day inevitably have a cute reference to him. Just before you serve…
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