theological time bomb

The “Theological Time Bomb”

St. Pope John Paul II gave 129 addresses at general audiences from 1979 to 1984, focused on marriage, family, and human sexuality.  Biographer George Weigel

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Go Forth and Sin No More

Discussions with others about morality and sin can be very uncomfortable.  No one wants to be told something they are doing is wrong.  This is

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Back-to-School Spirituality

September finds schoolchildren back in the daily routine of lessons and learning. Summer camp and beach days yield to books and structured academics. Teachers return

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Morality and the Divine 

Two friends are sitting across from each other having a talk about the nature of morality. One friend asks, “Can there be absolute, universal truths?”

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Dress Sense and the Real Presence

Pew Research’s recent study revealing that a majority Catholics do not believe in the Real Presence but instead believe that consecrated bread and wine are

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The Antidote to Indifference

I recently encountered a stranger who spontaneously proclaimed to me that she was a “peace, love, and Nelson Mandela” kind of person. She briefly bemoaned

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Good Atheists and Bad Catholics

Being Good Without God For Catholics at least, the news that atheists can live a morally praiseworthy life, or people belonging to any other religion,

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Just the Moral Facts, Ma’am

As I write this article, former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is giving some young cyberpunks a much-needed lesson in moral facts. Here’s the story:

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