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The death of liberal Christianity?
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awelborn
Charlotte Allen in the LAtimes – looks at recent Episcopalian and Presbyterian actions, as well as the numbers. When a church doesn’t take itself seriously, neither do its members. It is hard to believe that as recently as 1960, members of mainline churches — Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists, Lutherans and the like — accounted for 40%…
Secularism did it
By
awelborn
Peter Steinfels, in last Saturday’s NYTimes, on a book arguing that secularism has marginalized the university: A century ago, American universities aspired to be the wellsprings of political, social and cultural leadership, Mr. Sommerville, a professor emeritus, argues in "The Decline of the Secular University," a slim volume published by Oxford in May and excerpted…
Papal words
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awelborn
The Vatican website’s finally been updated with texts from Valencia. They must have been busy today.
Point/Counterpoint
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awelborn
Matt Abbott prints two essays from two different perspectives on the utility of graphic abortion photos in protests. One is by Fr. Michael Orsi of Ave Maria School of Law and the other is from Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life.
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