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January 2020

January 03, 2020

Did Pope Francis Need To Apologize? (And What His Apology Can Teach Us)

Dr. Gregory K Popcak Pope Francis made the news New Years Eve for his...

June 2018

June 06, 2018

Stop Pressuring Me! How to Stand Strong in Face of Manipulation

Peer pressure. We’ve all dealt with it throughout our lives, but does it still effect...

March 2018

March 20, 2018

A Crisis of Authority: Humanae Vitae 50 Years Later

Guest post by Dave McClow, Pastoral Solutions Institute. In the spring of 1968, almost three...

March 03, 2016

New Study: Extravagant Affection in Infancy Leads to Healthier, Happier, More Relational & Moral Adults

From new study accepted for publication in the journal, Applied Developmental Science. Notre Dame professor...

January 2016

January 12, 2016

Filters Don’t Keep Kids Safe Online–New Study Finds.

Michigan State criminal justice professor Thomas J. Holt, found that about one in four children...

July 2015

July 29, 2015

Raising Moral Kids in an Immoral World

An Ascension Press Webinar with Dr. Greg and Lisa Popcak On June 26th, the Supreme...

December 2014

December 11, 2014

Torture As Ineffective as It is Unethical, New Study Says.

A lot of my fellow Catholic patheosi have been engaging the torture debate in light...

July 2013

July 16, 2013

No, She Can’t Play That Game Either

The NYTimes has an article about the effect of the college hook-up culture on young...

June 2013

June 05, 2013

The Holy Fool Offers a Contrarian Take on the Modesty Question

I find this "fool's" arguments offer a worthwhile corrective to a lot of confusion on what modesty...

May 2013

May 29, 2013

Can You Teach the Theology of the Body to a 10yo? Should you?

Catholic Patheosi, Elizabeth Husted Duffy, posts her suggestions on what a "true" sexual education out...

May 29, 2013

Dirty Sex, Accidental Heretics, and the Cult of Purity

"But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the...

May 23, 2013

What Does a “True” Sex Education Look Like?

Last week, while I was on vacation, several of my Catholic Patheosi colleagues were engaged...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Shame on You

Shame, guilt, embarrasment. Emotions that are as universally experienced as they are universally unwelcome. Elizabeth...

March 2013

March 21, 2013

How to Put this Charitably? “Conrad Black, YOU are the Dumbass of the Day.” (Or, Why The Church Need not Get Jiggy with the Pill)

Sadly, the National Review has taken leave of the remains its senses and published...

March 14, 2013

Manning Up Through NFP

Here's a sneak peak at an article I have in the upcoming edition of Family...

March 08, 2013

What’s Your Moral Mindset?

New research suggests there are two basic moral mindsets. I'll call them "Balancers" and "Principled...

March 04, 2013

Coming Monday on More2Life Radio: Faith Complications

Coming Monday: Faith Complications--In this Year of Faith, we celebrate the great gift our Lord...

February 2013

February 26, 2013

Kids W/out A Conscience–Where Do They Come From? Next Door.

As Catholic parents, we are eager to raise truly moral kids; that is, children who...