An authentically Catholic consistent life ethic means treating prenatal children as the equivalent of every other human being.
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Joe Biden, the Bishops & Vatican II: The Battle Over the Brand of U.S. Catholicism
The Catholic Church in the United States is in danger of losing its relevance if its presentation of the Gospel is alien to the world in which people live.
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What a 60-year-old excommunication controversy tells us about calls to deny Biden Communion
In April 1962, Archbishop Joseph Rummel of New Orleans not only denied Communion to three Catholics in his archdiocese; he formally excommunicated the three, who vehemently opposed his efforts to desegregate Catholic schools.
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The U.S. bishops should stop singling out abortion as the ‘pre-eminent’ issue for Catholic voters
And three other ways they can improve their Catholic voting guide before the next election.
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Are some bishops ‘politicizing’ the Eucharist? Yes, in a perfectly sound, pastoral way.
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone and others are acting for the good of souls. As a last resort, they propose denying Communion to people who persistently and publicly promote the grave evil of legal abortion.
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Theology departments can’t just focus on academics. Spiritual and moral formation are needed, too.
Since theological study has moved from the seminary to the university, departments of theology must find creative ways to develop intellectual scholarship within lives of prayer and service.
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Theology has no future if students can’t afford to study it.
Catholic institutions can affirm theology’s place by means of concrete hiring practices.
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The liberal/conservative divide is hurting theology departments. The way forward won’t be popular.
Transcending the parochial is vital for retaining Catholic identity.
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Theology will have no future if it does not remain a distinct discipline.
The development of historical theology highlights a risk in interdisciplinary theology: If it loses the spirit of theology, it takes on the shape of another discipline.
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‘Rerum Novarum’ is 130 years old. What would Leo XIII say about today’s gig economy?
An an important anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s famous encyclical on workers’ rights, a look at how ‘Rerum Novarum’ applies to the vagaries of our new economy.