Sexual Revolution
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Father Martin Corrects Cardinal Tobin
In an April 17, 2019, interview on the Today Show, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the Archbishop of Newark,…
Benedict and the Scandal
Writing nearly half a century ago (1970), the Italian Catholic philosopher Augusto Del Noce noted that I…
Trans Men Erase Women
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova, who is openly lesbian, has been ousted from the board of Athlete Ally,…
Methodist Schism
By the time the General Council concluded its business on Tuesday, it had sent shockwaves through the…
Is the Church a Cage?
Is the Catholic Church a cage? The language of a recent New York Times article on the…
“Synodality” and the Rome Abuse Summit
Despite Pope Francis’s lecture on the subject at Synod-2015, and notwithstanding the passages on it in Synod-2018’s…
Sexuality and the UMC
On February 23, the United Methodist Church will hold a special General Conference in St. Louis to…
Methodist Madness
Duke University, which prides itself on being an elite and cosmopolitan institution of higher learning, has suddenly…
False Counsel at Fordham
Shortly before my freshman year at Fordham University, I came out to my parents and close friends.…
Baptizing the Spirit of the Age
The Church of England recently released a document of “pastoral” guidelines for performing an “Affirmation of Baptismal…
The Death of Clear Thinking
Last week, Roy Richard Grinker made an impassioned plea in the New York Times for the American…
Pope Francis’s Warning
Pope Francis’s famous 2013 exhortation at a World Youth Day gathering in Rio de Janeiro,“¡Hagan lío!” (“Make…
Why 42 Had to be Impeached Twenty Years Ago
Twenty years ago this month, I found myself seriously double-booked, so to speak. The editing of the…
Hour of the Wolf
Earlier this year I edited an anthology, Christ’s Body, Christ’s Wounds: Staying Catholic When You’ve Been Hurt…
Against Inevitable Adultery
Human beings are amazingly resilient—but there are times when something inside buckles, and a person comes to…
