Fifty years after Humanae Vitae, its vision, made clear in the “theology of the body,” shapes everything from youth groups to adult catechesis to marriage preparation.
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Canadian celebration of the Irish referendum result reflects a view that abortion is a good to be promoted abroad, akin to clean water and habeas corpus.
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Blesseds Pino and Leonella sealed with their blood the Church’s denunciation of criminal violence and religious violence.
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Greater observation of Thou shalt not steal and Thou shalt not bear false witness would have gone a long way toward preventing the scale of the financial crisis.
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The federal government is putting up billions to ensure that what a private firm wants to do for the benefit of Canadian energy exports can be done instead at public expense.
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Pope Francis’ cardinal choices reflect his interest in peripheries he has visited: in the past, Sweden and the Central African Republic; this time, the poor of Rome and earthquake victims of L’Aquila.
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Bishop Curry, oddly enough, did not speak about marriage at all, much less how it was the path by which the Duke and Duchess of Sussex would help each other toward eternal life.
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The Canadian Justice Minister’s proposed reform acknowledges “the negative outcomes and conflicts that are the sad reality of separation and divorce”.
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It would be better if comments reportedly made by the Pope in private remained in private, not splashed around the world by news media.
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The conclusion of the Chilean summit clarified three characteristics of the Holy Father’s pastoral style.
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The cry of the popes in the face of evil, the cry of anguish and anger, the cry of sorrow and severity. The cries echo still.
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Tom Wolfe did not confuse being serious with being somber, and no one described better the clothes-less emperors of our time.
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To Israel’s credit, the international community holds it to the standards of London or Paris or Ottawa, not those of Moscow, or Beijing or Damascus.
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Rihanna at the Met was a one-off. Fashion catastrophes are a consistent Catholic problem.
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Ave Verum Corpus is a masterpiece of compactly expressed doctrine and piety, and the source of a moving memory from Rome.
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Macron and Trudeau are friends with similar priorities and styles, but the French president shows a far better understanding of how citizens’ religious beliefs impact their contributions to society.
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The dignity of refugees is first violated by their own countries, long before they might find a hostile welcome elsewhere.
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