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2019-01-12T21:40:49-04:00

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A Pro-Life Gentleman Expresses his Concern to a Vulgar Strumpet

Last updated on: January 12, 2019 at 9:40 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

I do not think that he saves many babies with his attitude. It is unlikely that any woman in a vulnerable situation would consider him a safe person to go to, in a crisis pregnancy, or in any other kind of crisis. Read more

2019-01-15T16:59:58-04:00

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Here’s What You Need to Understand About Catholic Media Conflicts

Last updated on: January 15, 2019 at 4:59 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

Sometimes the conflict is not so much a conflict as it is an attack by nihilists on diverse, well-meaning humans simply trying to do their best in the world. Read more

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2019-01-05T23:49:54-04:00

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Why Do People Keep Saying “Both Sides Are The Same”?

Last updated on: January 5, 2019 at 11:49 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

There are many times when staying silent, keeping a middle ground, gives tacit support to whichever group is already in power or achieving dominance. In which case, one is not really taking a middle ground at all. Read more

2018-12-31T21:49:44-04:00

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Catholics Ought To Have a Zero Tolerance Policy for Anti-Semitism

Last updated on: December 31, 2018 at 9:49 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

To be a Catholic of Jewish ethnicity, right now, is to feel rather like Treebeard: to be not altogether on anyone’s side, since no one is altogether on ours. Read more

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2018-12-30T00:51:34-04:00

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This Christmas, Catholics Got Outraged at all the Wrong Things

Last updated on: December 30, 2018 at 12:51 am By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

In one of history’s many bitter ironies, advent season – a time when we prepare to welcome the child Jesus into our hearts and homes – kicked off while the US’s merciless and punitive treatment of refugees intensified. And plenty of Christians got the irony – such as the Massachusetts pastor who caused a stir by setting up his church’s nativity scene with baby Jesus in a cage. Many Catholic organizations and individuals have been involved for a while doing... Read more

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2018-12-29T00:33:56-04:00

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When the Church Has Failed, Victims Turn to Secular Institutions For Justice

Last updated on: December 29, 2018 at 12:33 am By Guest Contributor

Those who have power are usually more interested in preserving the institutional forces that scaffold their power. Read more

2018-12-16T01:12:32-04:00

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Are We Trying To be So Awful That No One Will Want To Come Here?

Last updated on: December 16, 2018 at 1:12 am By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

Do these people realize what they’re saying? That the US is the kind of nation that kills refugee children. That this is a bad place to be, a dangerous place. That war-torn central American countries are better than here. That we practice unjust violence, and dole out crimes against humanity. Read more

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2018-12-15T00:04:47-04:00

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The Nihilistic Idolatry of Cruelty

Last updated on: December 15, 2018 at 12:04 am By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

Because this is what I am seeing in so much of American culture today. Not just a love of pleasure or power, not just the distraction of entertainment or the somnolence of satiety. I’m talking about a deadly nihilism, an infatuation with violence. Read more

2018-12-09T01:28:24-04:00

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Baby Jesus In a Cage? Yes, It’s Political

Last updated on: December 9, 2018 at 1:28 am By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

So, really, there's nothing especially new and out of the ordinary about depicting the Holy Family in a condition of instability and danger. Read more

2018-12-08T00:28:49-04:00

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When It Comes to the Clergy Abuse Scandals, the Laity Are Not Going to Save Us

Last updated on: December 8, 2018 at 12:28 am By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

We need to deal with the problem of clericalism in the church for its own sake, and because it is part of the recipe for cleaning up - but simply letting the laity take greater part will be no cure at all unless we can be sure that those involved have a record of standing with the survivors, rather than covering up for the powerful. Read more

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