Further evidence that Benedict XVI s comments on condoms were deliberate clear premeditated and designed to correct misrepresentations of church teaching appears today in an Our Sunday Visitor interview with Fr Martin Rhonheimer the moral philosopher close to the Pope s inner circle whose 2004 ar

We are in the midst of Hanukkah the Jewish Festival of Lights which is celebrated beginning on the 25th of the Jewish month of Chislev for eight days This year the Festival which falls in late November to late December in our calendar is celebrated from December 1-9 This festival commemorates

Washington s Cardinal Donald Wuerl published a column in his archdiocese s newspaper on the importance of truth and love in Christian discourse Speaking to the importance of presenting truth through a lens of charity in all our discourse the newly elevated Cardinal writes We are called to a

Will this put an end to those who say that the pope a doesn t know what he s talking about when he s talking about condoms and AIDS b should be ignored when he talks about condoms and AIDS c couldn t possibly mean what he meant when he was talking about condoms and AIDS or d is in no way

Dotcommonweal has the surprising story about the vice-chancellor of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and his response to the sex abuse crisis Last week Fr James Connell vice chancellor of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee stood on the steps of the Cathedral of St John the Baptist and called on his bis

Regular readers will recall that America published a special issue on the Bishops Synod on the Middle East in October Here we offer a reflection from one of the bishops who took part in the meeting Gregory Mansour Eparch of the Eparchy of Saint Maron The task before him was great but only Pete

The DREAM Act for the Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act nbsp has raised hackles on the right though it once enjoyed modest bipartisan support The measure never a sure thing appears poised to become a new casualty in the nation s backlash against undocumented immigrants n

The Argentinian Catholic magazine Criterio looks at the success of the country s same-sex marriage law and what it means for the church s approach to the culture We must therefore ask ourselves why is it that the Catholic doctrine despite its depth and richness has ceased to be in general terms

This is part of a series of reflections on How to Succeed in College Click on the author s name for previous entries Two weeks ago I suggested that college students as well as the rest of us should go to Mass regularly mdash seven daily mdash because it gets us out of ourselves Some reade

Who better than Eamon Duffy to review John Cornwell s new book on Blessed John Henry Newman Newman s Unquiet Grave nbsp The title refers to the beatified cardinal s exhumation from the grave that he shared with Fr Ambrose St John nbsp No one can beat Duffy for clarity of writing about the E

God Wills It Re your editorial “Two Peoples, One State” (11/15): You do not know what you are saying and whom you are confronting. You are confronting the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who himself set the borders of Israel. In fact, Israel is the only nation on earth whose borders hav

The U.S. needs to have a strong voice in world affairs, especially on an issue as crucial as nuclear weapons.

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