What progress is the church making on women's issues?

October 7, 2014, 9:27 am

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Catholic News Agency provides a substantial list of articles relating to women in the church since the beginning of the Francis papacy. The articles are listed in a descending order of occurrence. Does any of it represent progress? It definitely represents both forward and backward steps, which is probably to be expected. Is there a gradual progression within this back-and-forth activity?

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How will the church minister to the LGBT community?

October 14, 2014, 12:58 pm

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Although Saint John Paul II emphasized the dignity of every human being, the church seemed to find little or no way to affirm that dignity. Is the Francis effect finally beginning to bear fruit in this area?

We do not need to worry so much about Ebola in the US

October 20, 2014, 8:52 am

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I sat watching the 11 p.m. news as the Ebola patient from Dallas, Nina Pham, landed at the airport in Frederick, Md. She was on her way to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. Frederick is a little more than an hour from my house. Bethesda is about 20 minutes from where my sister lives in Washington, D.C.

It looks like a Republican sweep on Election Day

October 27, 2014, 9:31 am

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I was preparing my latest blog post, which was to be titled, "The Democrats still have a good shot at retaining the Senate." Let me share some of the reasons I felt this was so, even though pollsters and pundits were already giving Republicans more than a 60 percent chance of taking the Senate.

Republicans need to gain six seats to retake the Senate. It really all hinges on a number of very close races across the country.

We are part of a church that binds and loosens, not one that solely binds

November 4, 2014, 10:21 am

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Synod on the Family

Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia is confused about the recently completed family synod in Rome. He notes that "confusion is of the devil."

Chaput wants to clearly restate church teaching on homosexuals and marriage. I wonder how many times we need to restate the obvious. Is that our only function? Is it simply to keep repeating the same words over and over that everybody already knows and has heard many times?

The results of the 2014 election

November 10, 2014, 7:52 am

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Democrats made a number of mistakes in their campaign and voters appropriately punished them for their failures. But what will Republicans do with their victory?

What can we expect to happen on immigration?

November 17, 2014, 10:08 am

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The real problem is Congress simply can't get the job done when it comes to immigration. That is reason enough for the President to act.

New data suggest Catholics are not in step with their bishops

November 25, 2014, 11:00 am

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The Washington Times reported on an interesting new poll of Catholic positions on family related concerns.

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What does Ferguson tell us about race relations in America?

December 1, 2014, 12:00 pm

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Maybe the protestors in Ferguson are trying to tell us that in order to do better as a community, tragic police shootings should not be routinely justified.

Fundamentalism is the new '-ism' for the church to fight

December 10, 2014, 8:38 am

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The Catholic church is well-known for its opposition to many important "-isms" over the years: It has railed against secularism, materialism, communism, and modernism with vigor and determination. Now it appears Pope Francis has decided to argue against an "-ism" of a different sort.

For more than a year now, Francis has repeatedly returned to the issue of religious fundamentalism and has condemned it, whether Christian, Muslim or Jewish fundamentalism.

What does torture say about America?

December 17, 2014, 9:30 am

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The Senate report recently released on enhanced interrogation techniques is the subject of considerable controversy.

I was originally against releasing this report. It documents actions carried out against terrorist detainees by the United States during the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The importance of Pope Francis to the future of the Church

December 23, 2014, 11:13 am

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Two important events took place this past week which are significant for the future of our church. 

What is the right formula for creating a good economy?

January 5, 2015, 10:25 am

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We can gain some important direction by considering what Francis has said about the economy.

What can we say about Islam?

January 14, 2015, 11:16 am

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The terrorist attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo once again gives rise to the controversy over whether there is a violent element that is part of the religion of Islam. Nicholas Kristof argues for a distinction between Muslim terrorists and the vast majority of adherents to Islam.

Can the West help strengthen moderate Islam?

January 20, 2015, 2:36 pm

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There are important ways in which Christians can make meaningful contributions to strengthening moderate Islam.

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The two sides of Pope Francis

January 27, 2015, 8:19 am

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What do we make of the pope's pretty strong reaffirmation of the church’s stand on artificial contraception?

Is Indiana a turning point for Medicaid expansion?

February 3, 2015, 8:47 am

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It was encouraging to see that the Republican governor of Indiana has decided to provide Medicaid coverage to eligible citizens in his state.

Let’s talk about confession

February 10, 2015, 8:29 am

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The sacrament of penance may not be the most critical issue facing the church today, but I suspect it is an important one for many individual Catholics. Pope Francis has spoken frequently about confession over the past few years, including during one of his morning Masses in late January.

It is time for reform, but what kind of reform?

February 16, 2015, 7:39 am

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In a beautiful homily by Pope Francis to the assembled cardinals and bishops, the need for reform was made clear once again.

Maybe what we need is more politicians

February 26, 2015, 7:41 am

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NCR Today: Politicians, for all their faults, tend to get the public business done. At the end of today's Washington process, you have only continued stalemate and gridlock.