Suppressing all elements of the Latin Mass would alienate Catholics who desire the reformed liturgy but also seek the rich liturgical elements of the centuries-old Tridentine celebration.
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Lessons from a Twitter hoax that claimed Pope Benedict had died
No, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is not dead. No, Pope Francis is not resigning. And no, the Vatican is not hiding a secret time machine.
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The church isn’t alone. Americans are losing their trust in (almost all) major institutions.
According to a rash of new polls, Americans have come together over the belief that the country’s major institutions are seriously out of whack.
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Scalpers are selling tickets to Pope Francis’ Mass in Canada. Please don’t buy them.
Every ticket scooped up by scalpers is one less ticket available to the very people that the pope is going to Canada to see.
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The U.S. bishops must repudiate anti-abortion extremists. Their pro-life witness depends on it.
The bishops’ conciliatory statements are being overshadowed by the specter of punitive cruelty toward women confronting crisis pregnancies. They must speak out again.
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‘Are we stuck in this hell forever?’ And other questions I’m asking after another mass shooting
Dante’s great insight in “Inferno” is that ultimately the only way out of hell is going through it, by confronting what we see there and what we feel.
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Reagan taught us how to reduce inflation. Biden can’t afford to wait any longer to learn from him.
We can’t let inflation go unchallenged. President Biden is running out of time before investment dries up because of confusion and fear.
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In a world after Roe v. Wade, we need pro-life Americans to preserve democracy
The idea that the government should broadly reflect the values of the majority of the governed is in serious trouble.
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The Case for the Classics: Without these ancient texts, our democracy will suffer
A dearth of classical education causes everyone’s education to suffer.
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I can’t remember the last time I felt patriotic. Can you?
I’ve been feeling so down on the state of affairs in this nation that I’ve started to wonder if I can even celebrate the Fourth of July this year without feeling painfully disingenuous. So I looked to my colleagues for hope.