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The New Intolerance
Francis X. Maier

There is a new kind of intolerance “strangling open discussion across the West,” and this new brand of intolerance is linked closely with the sexual revolution.
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First Things / March 21, 2023
Enough is Enough
Francis X. Maier

The priesthood, just like the laity, is peopled by humans; and humans are creatures with flaws.
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The Catholic Thing / March 16, 2023
Apostasy in Germany’s Catholic Church
George Weigel

The Synodal Way’s sexual revolution is a break with the faith, not only with Rome.
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The Wall Street Journal / March 16, 2023
A SOMBER ANNIVERSARY
George Weigel

Weigel reflects on Pope Francis’ last 10 years; the good, the bad, and the ugly.
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Syndicated Column / March 15, 2023
The Gospel in Lent
Stephen P. White

White illustrates the importance of the Gospel during Lent and the division in the Catholic Church that can only be fixed by living and preaching the Gospel.
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The Catholic Thing / March 9, 2023
The New Ultramontanism and the Dissing of Vatican II
George Weigel

In its Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium), the Second Vatican Council firmly applied the brakes to “ultramontanism”—the overheated…
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Syndicated Column / March 8, 2023
Black is Beautiful
Francis X. Maier

All those we love, and we ourselves, will one day go through that great black door of death. We need to acknowledge that fact and not try to evade or soften it. Without God, life really is a tragedy, and our mourning is a meaningless biochemical reaction. But our story doesn’t end there. The door has another side: a side of light, with a waiting, loving God.
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Public Discourse / March 8, 2023
AWOL Doctors at the Catholic Field Hospital
George Weigel

The Catholic Church today is a field hospital and some of the triage doctors, rather than curing the wounded, are insisting that the hospital no longer tell people that landmines will kill you.
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Syndicated Column / March 1, 2023
Father Love Is a Hard Love
Francis X. Maier

The father who says he likes being tough on his kids is a liar. Fathers want to be loved, and too often they’re lonely.
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First Things / March 1, 2023
The Life and Times of ‘La Duchesse’
Francis X. Maier

Bronwen McShea’s new book, La Duchesse captures with vivid grace and detail the life of one of the most important, if unheralded, women in French history.
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The Catholic Thing / February 28, 2023
Looking Forward to Lent
Stephen P. White

Stephen White celebrates the coming of Lent and spiritual renewal with traditional Lenten practices such as reading and copying the Gospels.
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The Catholic Thing / February 23, 2023