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  • Abuse Crisis,  Diocesan,  Pope Francis

    The Harlot and the Bride

    In the?first reading today, John describes the apocalyptic fall of the great city of Babylon. While there?s debate among Scripture scholars over whether John?s vision of Babylon represents Rome or Jerusalem, for my purposes here I want to focus on…

    By Paul November 29, 2018
  • Abuse Crisis,  Pope Francis,  Where Peter Is

    Yet another reason to mistrust the pope

    Over the weekend I saw many people speaking out in frustration over?Pope Francis putting Cardinal Cupich of Chicago on the planning committee?for the February meeting in Rome addressing the abuse crisis. Those critical of this appointment are, unsurprisingly, conservative American…

    By Paul November 26, 2018
  • Amoris Laetitia,  Gaudete et Exsultate,  Pope Francis

    “My power is made perfect in weakness?

    When the Church takes up someone?s cause for sainthood, one of the things they look for is heroic virtue. Drawing from Pope Benedict XIV and St. Thomas Aquinas, the?Catholic Encyclopedia?defines ?heroic virtue? as ??a habit of good conduct that has…

    By Paul November 19, 2018
  • Pope Francis,  USCCB,  Where Peter Is

    #USCCB18 and the McCarrick Documents

    During the US bishops conference this week, my bishop, Bishop Boyea, put the following proposal to vote: ?Be it resolved that the bishops of the USCCB encourage the Holy Father to release all the documentation that can be released consistent…

    By Paul November 15, 2018
  • Amoris Laetitia,  Pope Francis,  Where Peter Is

    The Virtue of Not Being Weird

    The Christian ideal will always be a summons to overcome suspicion, habitual mistrust, fear of losing our privacy, all the defensive attitudes which today?s world imposes on us. Many try to escape from others and take refuge in the comfort…

    By Paul November 8, 2018

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