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July 2017

July 06, 2017

Charlie Gard Is Going to Die

The Charlie Gard case is a hard case. There are legitimate concerns on all sides.

June 2017

June 21, 2017

The Holy Family as an Icon of World Refugee Day?

The exemplary figure of the refugee has deep biblical roots in both the Old and...

May 2016

May 26, 2016

Jesus Didn’t Call God Daddy

One of the perennial temptations for Christians is to forget their Jewish roots. Anthony...

May 02, 2016

Every Human Life Begins with a (Little) Bang!

We now know the universe began with a bang, even if it might end in...

April 2016

April 16, 2016

Pope Francis Rescues Muslim Refugees from Lesbian Camp

No, this piece is not about the latest front in the Culture Wars. Or, maybe...

April 04, 2016

7 Year-Old Theology: Hating Jesus is Easy, Divine Mercy Hard

Too much thinking about the family's key role in the New Evangelization makes family life...

January 2016

January 15, 2016

Abortion is Not a Conservative Issue (Millennials Know This)

Not too long ago Kristin Dombek wrote a widely-circulated favorable review of the book Defenders...

July 2015

July 24, 2015

The Anti-Abortion Supermajority: Beyond the Abortion Wars

Charles C. Camosy is Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics at Fordham University. He has published...

July 09, 2015

Chesterton: Capitalism Killed the Family

You, no doubt, have heard it said (totally out of context) by Chesterton: Too much...

June 2015

June 27, 2015

The Queer Catholic Pro-Life Logic of the Gay Marriage Majority Decision

The second half of Jody Bottum's Age of Anxiety makes a strong case for the...

April 2015

April 29, 2015

Before Marriage: Gays (As a Group) Were Morally Superior to Christians (As a Group)

Stanley Hauerwas is America's theological gadfly. Short is the list of people who have not...

February 2015

February 19, 2015

Cardinal Burke Dissents: Ashed Foreheads are a Sign of Feminization

This post might be labeled "comedy," but it's serious. Its seriousness flows from a frivolous...

February 17, 2015

Stand by Your Man: Are Some Feminism(s) in Capitalism’s Bondage?

Networking is not reserved to the the internet. If there is one lesson to take...

December 2014

December 25, 2014

Culture of Waste: Thesis → Antithesis → Santhasis

There's a reason for the season, and Santa it ain't. I can't help suspecting that...

December 11, 2014

Stephen Herreid’s God: A Holiday Thank You Note

Two weeks ago I drove our family Volvo forty miles vaguely aware something was wrong...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

Doubt Douthat’s Donatist Precipice

Ross Douthat's "The Pope and Precipice" has received plenty of attention of late. Rod Dreher...

October 28, 2014

The Consequences of God’s Maternal Thinking for Theology

The feminist Sara Ruddick must be doing something right if both Alasdair MacIntyre and Janet Martin...

October 08, 2014

Synod14: The Church Needs to Replace the Family

When grandiose Church events such as the Synod on the Family roll around I look...