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Same-sex Marriage’s Unintended Case Against Marriage

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• Thursday, August 12th, 2010
• Mark Brumley

Is there a fundamental right to marriage?  That, we’re told, is the basic question behind the same-sex marriage business.
Unfortunately, that question doesn’t go far enough.  Is there a fundamental right to marry whomever one chooses?  That’s the real issue.   … Read More

Signs of Repentance or of the Status Quo?

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• Monday, August 31st, 2009
• Mark Brumley

A canon lawyer friend of mine says Senator Edward Kennedy had a canonical right to a church funeral. Not that my friend is a Kennedy fan. He just thinks the law reads that way. I think he is right, though… Read More

Five out of Nine

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• Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
• Mark Brumley

If the newly nominated Judge Samuel Alito is confirmed, the US Supreme Court will have “five out of nine” justices who are Catholics — Alito, Scalia, Thomas, Kennedy, and Roberts. What does that say about the state of things?
Well,… Read More

Some Political Issues Should Be More Important Than Others for Catholics

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• Thursday, October 21st, 2004
• Mark Brumley

Are some issues in the upcoming election more important than others? Absolutely. I say that as a long-time advocate of what’s called a Consistent Life Ethic. My thinking has always been that the alternative to a Consistent Life Ethic is… Read More

They’ve Had It

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• Monday, May 31st, 2004
• Mark Brumley

Not all bishops, of course. But many. Certainly, many more this year than in the past thirty years. Consider one example.
Recently, the Bishop of Colorado Springs, Michael Sheridan, issued a pastoral letter warning Catholic politicians who support abortion, euthanasia,… Read More

Canon Lawyer Clarifies Distribution of Holy Communion

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• Thursday, May 20th, 2004
• Mark Brumley

Editor's Note: To submit a faith question to Catholic Exchange, email faithquestions@catholicexchange.com. Please note that all email submitted to Catholic Exchange becomes the property of Catholic Exchange and may be published in this space. Published letters may be edited for… Read More

The Rush on Rush

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• Saturday, October 18th, 2003
• Mark Brumley

Rush Limbaugh’s problem with pain pills has been plastered on the front pages of news magazines and run as lead stories on the nightly news. On the one hand, the prominence of the story makes perfect sense.
Big Man, Big… Read More

Ignatius Press Launches Two-Year Liberal Arts College in San Francisco

• Education
• Sunday, June 2nd, 2002
• Mark Brumley

Ignatius Press has launched an exciting new venture in Catholic higher education — Campion College of San Francisco. The new two-year program of integrated Catholic liberal arts and great books curriculum is slated to begin in the Fall of 2002.… Read More

Why Only Catholicism Can Make Protestantism Work

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• Monday, December 3rd, 2001
• Mark Brumley

Mark Brumley is managing editor of Catholic Dossier, where this article first appeared. A convert from Evangelical Protestantism, he was greatly influenced by Bouyer's book, The Spirit and Forms of Protestantism, when he first read it over 20 years ago.… Read More

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