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Crisis Magazine – “The Kiss of Judas”

We’re all aware of the heated dispute inside the Catholic Church regarding whether baptized Catholic pro-abortion politicians—and in particular, President Joe Biden—should be admitted to Holy Communion.

Crisis Magazine – “The Catholic Response to Pride Month”

Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School— the Jesuit-run high school which famously disobeyed the Archdiocese of Indianapolis over its refusal to fire a teacher in a same-sex union— continues to pride itself in its LGBT inclusivity.

Public Discourse – “The End of the Good Place and the End of Man”

The Good Place finale was hilarious, thought provoking, and profoundly moving. However, in failing to find our highest good and identifying the means to achieve it, the show could do little more than put a happy face on our current cultural despair. This article contains spoilers.

Crisis Magazine – “Catholic College Leaders Who Are Part of the Problem.”

Pro-choice, same-sex marriage, and women’s ordination advocates may have to find another site to vent their anger at the Catholic Church now that the National Catholic Reporter has laid off some of their biggest allies.

National Catholic Register – “Pope Francis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and the Lords Prayer”

On Dec. 6, 2017, Pope Francis, in the midst of a video segment explicating the Lord’s Prayer on Italian television, voiced a criticism of the English translation of the phrase “lead us not into temptation” that created a brief media stir.

Catholic News Agency – “Questions and Answers on the Filial Correction”

Dr. Jacob Wood, an assistant professor of theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, offers answers on some frequently-asked-questions about the ‘Filial Correction on the Spread of Heresies” a letter sent to Pope Francis by a group of bishops, priests, and scholars, who released the letter this past weekend.

Crisis – “Why Birthdays Should be Celebrated”

September 11th was my 64th birthday. Yes, 9/11, but we’ll leave that for another time.

Crisis – “On Giving Catholic Books Away”

Following Fr. Schall—who nudged me home to the Church some years back—I do a bit of evangelizing by recommending—or when feeling rich, giving—books to people.

Crisis – “Abolishing the Moral Order”

In The Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis argued that all the celebratory talk about man’s increasing ability to control nature had a dark side in which some men took control over other men with nature as the instrument.

Crisis – “Love your Enemy, But Know Him Too”

In the mid-1990s the philosopher Norman Geras published a short book on the “ungroundable liberalism” of Richard Rorty.