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July 2018

July 28, 2018

Humanae Vitae, What Have You Wrought?

This week we mark the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae. It is probably the single...

June 2018

June 01, 2018

The Democratization of the Faith

Since Vatican II, there has been a great fear among orthodox Catholics that a focus...

January 2018

January 24, 2018

Two Things We Mistakenly Believe Are Ours

At the heart of the Church’s social teaching there are two essential insights into the...

October 2017

October 26, 2017

Traditional Marriage: A Cure For Rape Culture?

There’s been a lot of talk over the last week or so about the ethics...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

Fear and Loathing in 1984: Why Catholics Must Oppose Trump’s Immigration Policy

One of the most frustrating things over the past couple of days has been watching...

December 2016

December 06, 2016

When a Yes or No Question is Not a Yes or No Question

I've mostly said what I have to say about the dubia, but there is one...

December 05, 2016

Tradition Unbound – Part II

Last time on Catholic Authenticity, we were talking about development of doctrine, specifically in reference...

December 01, 2016

Tradition Unbound: How the Pope Changed The Church’s Theology of Marriage

The controversy over the treatment of communion for the divorced and remarried in Amoris Leatitia...

October 2016

October 08, 2016

Pope on a Plane II: Gender Minorities

Yesterday, I talked about the problem with what the Church calls “gender ideology,” that is,...

October 07, 2016

Pope on a Plane: Gender Ideology

There have been a couple of recent statements from Pope Francis about gender ideology. He...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

The Shocking Truth About Homosexuality That You’ve Only Heard 1,000 Times Before

So Crisis Magazine published two articles yesterday about the Pope's apology. Who's surprised? Well, to...

June 27, 2016

Does the Church Owe the LGBTQ Community An Apology?

"“I believe that the church should not only say sorry, as Cardinal Marx says, it...

June 07, 2016

Reading Amoris Laetitia

My usual habit when reading Vatican documents is to blaze through the first couple chapters,...

June 07, 2016

Spiritual Gaslighting

Gaslighting is one of those terms that I see cropping up occasionally on the internet,...

February 2016

February 19, 2016

Lesser Evil: A Merciful Monstrosity?

Yesterday, Pope Francis alluded to the lesser evil argument in relation to contraception and the...

September 2015

September 25, 2015

Is the Pope Catholic?

Pope Francis has arrived in America, and of course the internet is awash with the...

September 04, 2015

And For What We Have Failed to Do: On Syria’s Refugees

By now, we've probably all seen the tragic photographs of 3 yr old Aylan Kurdi...

July 2015

July 19, 2015

SEX!!! (and gender)

I want to start with the most basic question in debates around trans identities: what...

July 10, 2015

Damn you, Chunky Beef Stew! You’ve polarized society!

Here are two portraits. Which one of these people do you feel is most like...

June 2015

June 20, 2015

The Greening Power of the Spirit: Laudato Si Takes a Weight off my Mind

Walking through my property the other day, I was overcome with a sense of weariness...

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