Fr. Martin’s False Comfort

by Joseph Sciambra

If the Church wants to show true respect, compassion, and sensitivity to homosexual persons, it must offer them the words of Christ—not Fr. Martin’s false comfort. Continue Reading »

23 Aug 2018

Why Men Like Me Should
Not Be Priests

by Daniel Mattson

Because the sex scandals of the Church are overwhelmingly homosexual, the Church can no longer risk ordaining men with homosexual inclinations in the hopes that those inclinations turn out to be transitory.  Continue Reading »

17 Aug 2018

The Welby Pontificate

by Stephen Noll

In the face of fractious intra-church squabbles, the Archbishop of Canterbury is changing the deliberative process of the Anglican Communion. Continue Reading »

21 May 2018

The Nashville Statement’s Imperfect Clarity

by Samuel D. James

“The Nashville Statement” on sexuality, marriage, and gender identity, released last week by major Evangelical leaders, will hopefully foster constructive dialogue among Evangelicals.  Continue Reading »

5 Sep 2017

Fr. Manners

by Matthew Schmitz

Catholics distinguish between violations of manners and of the moral law; Fr. James Martin, in ways trivial and grave, does not. Continue Reading »

22 Aug 2017

Pontifex Minimus

by Paul V. Mankowski

Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivityby james martin, s.j.harperone, 150 pages, $19.99 Is sodomy a sin? Perplexed readers of Fr. James Martin, S.J.’s latest book will want to put the question to him, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2017

What Are We For?

by Cole Aronson

The Christian Colorado baker case may be decided by the answer to a deceptively simple question: What is society for? Continue Reading »

25 Jul 2017

Eugene Peterson’s Theological Sigh

by Samuel D. James

Evangelical clergyman Eugene Peterson’s recent embrace of same-sex marriage shows how intuitive heterodoxy can feel in a post-Christian culture. Continue Reading »

13 Jul 2017

The Gospel of Jesus on Sexual Binaries

by Robert A. J. Gagnon

Rachel Held Evans is once again arguing against “The False Gospel of Gender Binaries.” Regrettably, she does little more than provide us with a reminder of a textbook example of eisegesis (reading “into” the biblical text one's own ideology) rather than exegesis (reading “out of” . . . . Continue Reading »

4 Apr 2016

Briefly Noted

by Various

Saint Aldhelm’s Riddlestranslated by a. m. justertoronto, 173 pages, $29.95 The riddle of Samson’s strength, the riddle of the eagle’s way with the sky and the ship’s way with the sea, the riddles in royal dreams of Pharaoh or ­Nebuchadnezzar, the riddle of things hidden since the world . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2016