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QUOTE TO NOTE: Assuming Responsibility for a Vatican II Ecclesiology

With Pope Benedict XVI now formally resigned, this act is viewed by many as an... Read More

A Profound Examination of Orthodoxy & Dissent

Sometimes, it is helpful to step back from the discussion of Catholic LGBT issues and... Read More

Why Aren’t the Bishops More Persuasive?

Commonweal magazine’s November 23, 2012 issue has an excellent article entitled “Morbid Symptoms–The Catholic Right’s... Read More

Gay Boy Scout Denied Eagle Rank Sparks Reflection on Catholic Teaching

The case of a Boy Scout being denied Eagle rank because he is gay has... Read More

QUOTE TO NOTE: Is Creationism Next?

  We’ve reported that a sociology course at the Franciscan University of Steubenville includes “homosexuality”... Read More

Sex Is Never Simple

New Ways Ministry and many Catholic theologians, leaders, organizations, and individuals have long called on... Read More

How Threatened Is Religious Liberty?

LGBT issues are central to the campaign that the U.S. bishops have been mounting to... Read More

Theologian James Alison on "Objectively Disordered" and What Drives Him Crazy

When an article by or about James Alison is in the news, I always plan... Read More

Sex, Marriage, and the Church, Part 2

Yesterday, I posted a lengthy piece about Commonweal’s print colloquium entitled “Sex, Marriage, and the... Read More

Sex, Marriage, and the Church, Part 1

The headline on the front cover of Commonweal magazine’s current issue reads “Sex, Marriage, and... Read More