That’s what noted author and theologian Dr. Pia De Solenni had to say yesterday, discussing the role of women in the Church on my show “Currents.”   She has a lot more to say about women’s ordination and the importance of gender in the priesthood — and it’s not something a lot of progressive Catholics want…

It appears the Vatican has a new kingmaker — or, at least, someone whose voice and views will be having a powerful impact on the American Church.   From the Catholic News Service:  Pope Benedict XVI’s naming of U.S. Archbishop Raymond L. Burke to the Congregation for Bishops was a small but significant appointment that…

This piece of news strikes me as sane and sensible — and long overdue:  Religious leaders are urging their colleagues and politicians to keep comparisons to Nazism and the Holocaust out out of American public policy debates. The Interfaith Alliance responded to a recent onslaught of references to Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust, particularly as…

From today’s Liturgy of the Hours, and Paul’s letter to the Ephesians:  “Guard against foul talk; let your words be for the improvement of others, as occasion offers, and do good to your listeners, otherwise you will only be grieving the Holy Spirit of God who has marked you with his seal for you to…

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