Matthew Schmitz is a former senior editor of First Things.
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Matthew Schmitz
A prayer for singles. Continue Reading »
How rap’s two nastiest brothers split—and how I hope they’ll reunite. Continue Reading »
After my Bloggingheads discussion on gay marriage and related matters with Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern, a student at a prominent Evangelical college wrote me asking for advice. She said her campus has been riven by the homosexuality debate and she’s found herself challenged to . . . . Continue Reading »
Whereas you, the Federalist, brainchild of one Ben Domenech, of Virginia, were denounced in 2014, to this Holy Office, for holding as true a false doctrine taught by a majority, namely, that marriage is possessed of an immovable definition, that it consists of two persons, and of opposite sex; also, . . . . Continue Reading »
Many have been hoping that the Church under Pope Francis will allow divorced and remarried Catholics to receive communion. Some argue for a change in Church teaching; many more urge the need for a “pastoral” response that leaves doctrine intact. In an interview today, Cardinal Gerhard . . . . Continue Reading »
Isaac Chotiner hasn’t spent much time talking to religious folks, and he hasn’t read David Bentley Hart’s The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss, but he does think the book’s picture of God differs vastly from that of most believers:I cannot speak for . . . . Continue Reading »
How did we come to wish each other not a happy, not a joyful, not a peaceful, but a merry Christmas? The greeting dates back to at least 1565, in which year the author of the Hereford Municipal Manuscript wrote “And thus I comytt you to god, who send you a mery Christmas . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the popular indicators of the supposed war on Christmas is the use of the abbreviation Xmas . The well motivated, if grating, “Don’t take Christ out of Christmas” alludes not so subtly to the abbreviation. The former Anglican bishop of Blackburn, Alan Chesters, . . . . Continue Reading »
An abortionist—-excuse me, I mean a women’s health practitioner—- leaves a woman bleeding on the table after she rejects a price increase : On Monday afternoon (October 14) Wu Zhaoqun, 18, went to the Yinshan Clinic in Dongguans Qingxi Town to get an abortion. Before the . . . . Continue Reading »
In response to Pope Francis’ latest interview, I urged people not to read Francis’ words too closely: After two recent interview with La Repubblica and La Civiltà Cattolica , it has become clear that the dialogue he desires will be informal and . . . . Continue Reading »
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