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Let the Conversation Continue: There Is No Purely Catholic Politics (A Reply to David Cloutier, Michael Baxter, and William Cavanaugh)
Some Words of Thanks Yesterday over at the blog called Catholic Moral Theology, Professor David Cloutier posted a thoughtful reply to my take on the debate between Massimo Faggioli and co-authors Michael Baxter and William Cavanaugh in the cyber pages… Continue reading
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Can Paul Be Wrong? Wrestling With the Feast of the Holy Family
Yesterday, December 29th, Catholic parishes all over the world celebrated the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. To mark this feast, lectors read the following Scriptural passages: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14; Col 3: 12-21; Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23.… Continue reading
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Men Pray the Rosary Too: Against a “Theology of Women”
Last month, on the way back from his spectacularly successful trip to Brazil, Pope Francis offered some off the cuff comments that sent the Catholic blogosphere buzzing. While re-affirming the church’s longstanding prohibition on the ordination of women, Pope Francis… Continue reading
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The Body of Christ In An Era of HIV/AIDS
I watched the Oscar nominated documentary How To Survive a Plague a few weeks ago. It’s been haunting me ever since. Mixing archival video with present day recollections, Plague tells the story of the AIDS advocacy group ACTUP (AIDS Coalition… Continue reading
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Abortion, Newtown, and the Feast of the Holy Innocents
Today, on the Feast of the Holy Innocents, the church remembers the thousands of Jewish male infants killed by kingly decree “in the days of Herod.” In the weeks after the massacre at Newtown, those of us living in… Continue reading
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Church Teaching and Violence Against LGBT Persons II
A recent article in Mother Jones offers a snapshot of what it’s like to be lesbian or gay in Uganda–arguably the worst place on earth to be lesbian or gay. Perhaps not coincidentally, Catholics comprise 41% of the Ugandan population… Continue reading
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Guest Post: On Dean Brackley, War, and the Courage for Downward Mobility
In the interest of furthering the conversation among Women In Theology, Women In Ministry, and Women In the Pews (see Bridget’s earlier post on this), I invited my friend Sofia Barbato, M.Div, to share a personal reflection on Dean Brackley, S.J. and… Continue reading
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Does God Bless the USA?
United Statesians have always claimed to live in a nation blessed by God–white Americans interpreted the near complete destruction of certain Native American communities by smallpox as a sign of God’s blessing, believing that God had cleared the land of… Continue reading
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Was It Worth It?
Let’s assume that Jesus never said, “love your enemies,” or “do good to those who persecute you.” Let’s forget that Jesus told Peter to put the sword away, (if you can’t use the sword to defend the life of Jesus,… Continue reading