Tagged: The Catholic Church

Dust to Dust

Dust to Dust

I find it easier to get into the liturgical spirit of Ash Wednesday than that of Good Friday, perhaps because that latter is only a few days from the celebrations and festivities of Easter...

Contraception and Common Sense

Contraception and Common Sense

Opponents of contraception face seemingly insurmountable obstacles, not the least of which is their position’s antagonism toward today’s common sense view of sexual morality.  Opposition toward contraception is not common; acceptance of it as...

Pluralistic Society and the Culture Wars

Pluralistic Society and the Culture Wars

I detest the culture wars. I really do. My disposition toward cultural and societal difference is typically to cheer the dialogue and cherish the multitude of differing voices as we try to figure out...

The Inquisition Impulse

The Inquisition Impulse

Drawing from contemporary scholarship, historian Cullen Murphy argues that the Inquisition should be understood as a harbinger of modernity rather than as a relic of the medieval world: Here’s the central question: why did...

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