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Amoris Laetitia from Where I Stand

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Philip Larkin lamented that whether or not anybody refills your drink at a party “seems to turn on where you are. Or who.” In our divided Catholic Church, pastoral care is a lot like Larkin's cocktails. Catholics who sincerely desire to submit themselves to the Church they love come to their . . . . Continue Reading »

“Unmarried Cheating”: Scott Stanley

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At the excellently named cohabitation/marriage research blog “Sliding vs. Deciding”: I last left you on the edge of your seat about what I’d write next about the study on extradyadic sex I introduced you to in my last post. If you have not already read the prior post, please do so . . . . Continue Reading »