Friday, June 23, 2017

AUSCP Assembly 2017 in Atlanta

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Just back from the AUSCP assembly held in Atlanta, GA, June 19-22, 2017. About 175 members of the Association of US Catholic Priests me...
Monday, June 12, 2017

Personal Sacrifice vs Government Dole

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In the Preamble to the Constitution the Founding Fathers listed the general purposes for which the government of the United States was foun...
Monday, May 8, 2017

What Does It Mean To Be Clean Of Heart?

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Is it permissible to disagree with a pope who is also a saint? I have for some time been uneasy with some of the points in Pope John Pa...
Thursday, February 16, 2017

Prejudice Divides Church, Country, Families

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By definition prejudice is prejudgment. Human beings are endowed by God with intellect and will. The intellect is the spiritual power b...
Monday, January 30, 2017

Re-assessing Liturgiam Authenticam and English at Mass

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How I welcome the news that Pope Francis has formed a commission to re-assess Liturgiam Authenticam, the instruction issued in 2001 by the ...
Tuesday, December 27, 2016

What Will The Church Of The Future Be Like?

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The well-respected theologian and expert at Vatican II Karl Rahner, SJ, proposed in 1965 that the Christian of the future would have to be ...
Friday, December 23, 2016

The Challenge Of Implementing Amoris Laetitia

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The start of a new year fuels speculation about what it will hold. The election of Donald Trump as the 45 th president of the United S...