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As you may recall, last month, a number of Chicago priests signed an “open letter” decrying the Church’s teaching on homosexuality. One of the signers is pastor of This parish, and posted the text of the letter on the website, very prominently linked on the front page. Here’s the letter And the pastor has now…

An interesting article from Breakpoint Two worlds. Two cultures. Two markets. Two mainstreams. This is what has become of Christian enterprise in America: a $4.2 billion industry committed to putting out records, books and entertainment with a message that according to Bill Anderson, president of the CBA, formerly known as the Christian Booksellers Association, “aligns…

Who knew that one meeting in one diocese would provoke such comment? Who knew? I am not sure of what is really going on – some say the program in question is really fine, and nothing like more controversial problems, and wonder if there is something else at work, some reflexive anti-diocesan knee-jerking. Others have…

The Virginia priest noted below. Pled guilty, but says he’s innocent Even though he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and battery against two teenage boys, the Rev. John E. Leonard insists he is innocent of any sexual misconduct. “I realize that it is difficult to understand why someone would plead guilty to anything if he/she…

Via The Revealer, a very good (and with a definite point of view which some might find disagreeable) new weblog of religion and journalism, How the press gets it wrong But my experience suggests that mispronunciation problems are only the tip of the iceberg. In fact, with few exceptions—such as Newsweek’s Kenneth Woodward during his…

From the Atlantic Monthly, Andrew Greeley on the priestly generation gap Stark differences exist between older and younger priests on many major areas of concern within the Church. The 2002 Los Angeles Times study reveals that priests of the Vatican II generation overwhelmingly support the idea that priests should be allowed to marry. In the…

A superb piece from Touchstone. What a terrible thing she did. For a woman to bear a child when abortion seemed so justified, so necessary, when the pregnancy was the result of rape—well, it was certainly anti-social behavior. She was coerced into seeing a psychiatrist who could help her overcome the obvious defect known to…

…closely enough , but this JWR piece gives me an opportune moment to do so: Paul Weyrich. Gary Bauer. Linda Chavez. Bill Donahue. Marc Gellman. Bailey Smith. Five Christians, one Jew. All nationally known. Weyrich is CEO of the Free Congress Foundation, helped found the Moral Majority; Bauer. a former Presidential candidate, Chavez, a former…

An NCR(egister) look at the problem from the perspective of the Church in Arizona

Agree or Disagree, and explain your answer (in complete sentences, please): President George W. Bush is a political conservative This guy would disagree
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