Opinion

What About the Morning After Pill?

by Stacy Trasancos March 8, 2013

I suppose I take a different approach than many e-journalists when I comment on the decisions of priests, bishops, and cardinals. I cannot bring myself to criticize their decisions because 1) it seems backwards to mistrust a man who authoritatively…

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Popeless but not Hopeless

by Dr. Paul Kengor March 5, 2013

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As the Conclave meets this Lenten season to select a new pope, hope springs eternal. And I, as a Catholic convert, await their decision without fear and loathing. Let me explain.
I converted to the Church in…

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Benedict’s Personal Vocation

by Russell Shaw February 22, 2013

For the last several weeks I’ve been teaching an online course about the role of the Catholic laity. We’d just gotten to the subject of personal vocation when the startling news came through: Benedict XVI was stepping down as pope.…

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Why Is God Absent?

by Stephen Beale February 21, 2013

The winds were roaring, the trees were creaking, and Hurricane Gloria was wreaking havoc with the backyard of my family home in rural Massachusetts.
 
Finally, one ash tree yielded to the winds and the four-story wooden behemoth came crashing…

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The Pope’s Vision for the Future

by Dr. Robert Moynihan February 19, 2013

A vision for the future of the Church set forth in 1969, 44 years ago, by the relatively young theologian Joseph Ratzinger, then 42 — so at almost the exact midpoint of his life from his birth in 1927 until…

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Two Unique Lives, One Single Message

by Fr. Shenan J. Boquet February 18, 2013

That is why I am telling you not to worry about your life and what you are to eat, nor about your body and how you are to clothe it. Surely life means more than food, and the body more…

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The Reason Benedict Resigned

by William Fahey February 15, 2013

The Catholic world is largely shocked by the publication of Pope Benedict XVI’s letter of resignation this morning.  The secular world assumes the worst—no, it desires the worst, and by insinuation worms doubts into the minds of even the faithful.…

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Benedict’s Surprise

by Dr. Paul Kengor February 13, 2013

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The unexpected retirement announcement by Pope Benedict was a shock to the world, though I’m personally not surprised. I always sensed that Joseph Ratzinger humbly accepted the call to the papacy out of a sense…

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A Season Comes to an End

by Donald Prudlo February 11, 2013

In shocking news that quickly demonstrated the ongoing relevance of medieval historians, Pope Benedict announced that he will lay down his governance of the Church of Rome at the end of this month.  Such an event has not happened for…

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What’s So Bad About Amnesty?

by Pat Buchanan February 4, 2013

On Monday, Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Jeff Flake and Marco Rubio emerged with an offer of a Republican surrender to Barack Obama.
We will accept amnesty for 11 million illegal aliens, said the four, but you must get serious…

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