Dear “conservative” Catholics, First, I regret using the word “conservative” to describe you. Up until this point in my life, I have refused to use terms like “conservative” or “liberal” that unfairly place Catholics into boxes and create divisions. But I am now finding it necessary for what I need to say. Let me admit… Read More Letter to a “Conservative” Catholic
Bishop Paul Swain of the Diocese of Sioux Falls, SD is out of step with the official stated position of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which affirms that “health care is a basic right flowing from the sanctity and dignity of human life.” In the battle over Medicaid expansion, Bishop Swain chooses to remain… Read More All Catholic Bishops Must Act on Medicaid Expansion
[This post by Brendan Busse, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post, where the author is a blogger] My last day in Rio was a lonely one. My newfound friends had mostly left the city, moving on to new adventures or returning home to the same old thing but different – accomplished, enamored, inspired. I… Read More Remain In Love: To Live Without Leaving
In the New York Times, Ross Douthat has pointed out the need for pro-life liberalism, which he described as a “once-commonplace, now-mythical persuasion.” While he is right about the need for non-conservative pro-lifers, he is mistaken that pro-life liberalism is mythical. If we use liberalism broadly to encompass all those progressives left of center, there… Read More Pro-life Progressives: Still Not a Myth
I recently took a few moments to read the much discussed conversation Pope Francis had with reporters on the plane home from World Youth Day. I came across his comments regarding concerns about his security and safety during the trip (an issue that prompted New York’s Archbishop Timothy Dolan to suggest that Francis needed to… Read More Francis and a Risk of Madness
Yesterday the full English-language transcript was released of Pope Francis’ Q&A with reporters aboard the papal plane on the way back from World Youth Day in Brazil. Many have focused on the way he discussed gay people, including his line “Who am I to judge them?” and his use of the term of ‘gay’. Some… Read More A Kairos Moment for Mercy for Divorced and Remarried Catholics?
[This post by Matt Stewart, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post, where the author is an assistant editor] Not all that long ago a fellow Fordham student (and loyal TJP reader) posted an interesting video about introverts on Facebook. As a raging, falling-off-the-boat, say-everything-that-comes-to-my-head extrovert, I found the video informative – and kind… Read More Confessions of a Raging Extrovert (a Top 10 List)
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