And the Petulance Prize Goes To . . .
by Charlotte AllenThe catty rhetoric of both Fr. James Martin and his conservative foes has resulted in more bridges being dynamited than built. Continue Reading »
The catty rhetoric of both Fr. James Martin and his conservative foes has resulted in more bridges being dynamited than built. Continue Reading »
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CATHOLICISMSA demographic question for Ross Douthat regarding his “A Crisis of Conservative Catholicism” (January): If liberal Catholicism is to be alive in twenty years, where will its members come from? Who will be not just self-identifying to pollsters but running its schools and its . . . . Continue Reading »
Let’s begin with a story. It’s one I’ve heard many times; it’s one I’ve told more than a few times myself. It’s a story about the Catholic Church in the second half of the twentieth century, and it goes something like this. Once, fifty years ago, there was an ecumenical council of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Douthat's critics smack of PhDeism, the worship of credentials. Why should a well-read Catholic writer need a degree in theology to write about Catholicism?
A priest's op-ed provides a clear example of the problems faced by the Roman Catholic Church. Continue Reading »
In 1987, while I was still a Lutheran, I published a book titled The Catholic Moment: The Paradox of the Church in the Postmodern World. There I argued that the Catholic Church is the leading and indispensable community in advancing the Christian movement in world history. In evangelization, in . . . . Continue Reading »
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