John Courtney Murray is the most significant Catholic theologian the church in the United States has ever produced.
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Should politicians be refused communion?
When Cardinal Francis Arinze, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, was asked at a press conference in Rome on April 23 whether Senator John F. Kerry should be denied Communion, he responded: “The law of the church is clear. The church exists in the United
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Rights of accused priests: Toward a revision of the Dallas charter and the essential norms
The church must protect the community from harm, but it must also protect the human rights of each individual who may face an accusation.
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The Vanishing Eucharist
By now it is clear to anyone interested in the Catholic Church that there are no longer enough priests to celebrate Mass in many parishes.
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Five misconceptions about child sexual abuse and the Catholic Church
Child sexual abuse, in the priesthood and in society at large, is a complex issue that does not admit of simple understandings or simple solutions.
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Keeping pedophiles out of the priesthood
A major problem now exists for the future of priestly vocations because of “the alliteration of priest and pedophile.”
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Understanding clerical sex abuse of children: the importance of perspective
It is helpful to understand the sexual abuse of children by priests within the broader context of child victimization.
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Facing the Crisis in the Priesthood
A generation has elapsed since the close of the Second Vatican Council, and the church has underscored the council’s extraordinary ecclesial and historical significance by beatifying, this Sept. 3, Pope John XXIII. At the same time, however, the beatification of Pope Pius IX highlighted the ti
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How can the church improve the R.C.I.A. process?
From 2000: “Since R.C.I.A.’s reinstitution, the Catholic Church in the United States each year has drawn more new members than any other religious group in the nation.”
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7 basic principles for biblical and liturgical translation
The pages of America have lately been filled with articles on the question of liturgical translations. Bishop Donald W. Trautman, former chairman of the N.C.C.B Committee on Liturgy, and Cardinal Jorge A. Medina, head of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, have