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  • Amoris Laetitia,  Catechism,  Gaudete et Exsultate,  Pope Francis,  Theosis

    Theosis, Pastoral Accompaniment, and the Law of Gradualism

    Back in January the Lord put on my mind and heart an idea for a theological essay that he wanted me to write. I don?t say that lightly here. Never before has something burned within me until I wrote it…

    By Paul July 3, 2020
  • Commentary,  LGBT,  Pope Francis

    Infinitely loved by God

    Earlier this week, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal law that prohibits employers from discriminating against their employees because of sex also prevents them from discriminating against employees because of sexual orientation and gender identity. In response to that…

    By Paul June 19, 2020
  • Commentary,  Where Peter Is

    You are your Brother?s Keeper

    Across the country, bishops are gradually beginning to allow public Masses again. This process will be slow-going, and the dioceses that are reopening have extended the dispensation of the faithful from their obligation to attend Sunday Mass. How public liturgies look…

    By Paul May 11, 2020
  • Reflection,  Where Peter Is

    At every time and in every place

    Millions of Catholics around the world are now facing the reality that they won?t be able to attend any Holy Week liturgies or receive Communion on Easter Sunday. The Triduum is one of my favorite times of the year. I…

    By Paul April 3, 2020
  • Reflection,  Where Peter Is

    Be Perfect

    The gospel reading today ends with Jesus summing up his great Sermon on the Mount by saying, ?So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.? We can easily misunderstand what this passage means and leave feeling like Jesus is placing…

    By Paul February 23, 2020
  • Amoris Laetitia,  Pope Francis,  Where Peter Is

    Modern Pharisees and the Abuse of Freedom

    There?s an image that I would like to use as a framework for this article. Imagine the moral life as a garden, an oasis surrounded by a wasteland. We, the persons in that garden, have everything that will make us…

    By Paul September 5, 2018
  • Where Peter Is

    The Gay Scapegoat, an Exercise in Unjust Discrimination

    The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has taught that men who practice homosexuality, present deep-seated homosexual tendencies, or men who support “gay culture” should not be admitted to seminary. Personally, I don’t have a problem with this…

    By Paul August 20, 2018
  • Catholic Social Teaching,  Diocesan

    Hear this, you who trample upon the poor!

    The first reading today, from the prophet Amos, is a pointed exhortation against the oppression of the poor and economic injustice: ?Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land! ?When will the new…

    By Paul July 6, 2018
  • Catholic Social Teaching,  Where Peter Is

    What about the right to control our borders?

    The section of the Catechism that speaks about immigration (section 2241) is divided into two paragraphs that seem to be in tension with one another. Both are equally true, and to dismiss one of them in favor of the other…

    By Paul June 21, 2018
  • Gaudete et Exsultate,  Pope Francis,  Where Peter Is

    If you can?t keep the Commandments, it?s your fault!

    Last week I wrote an?article?about neo-Pelagianism that drew from the recent CDF document titled??On Certain Aspects of Christian Salvation.??I wanted to follow up that article first by drawing from Pope Francis? brand new Apostolic Exhortation,?Gaudete et Exsultate, regarding neo-Pelagianism and…

    By Paul April 10, 2018
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