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A Machiavellian on the Throne of Peter?

NEW OXFORD NOTEBOOK

Pieter Vree

Francis’s soundbite approach to theology has been a disaster for the Church. But worse have been the machinations from which the dissembling serves to distract us.

Fiducia Supplicans: A Fine Mess

NEW OXFORD NOTEBOOK

Pieter Vree

The Catholic Church is supposed to speak in one voice, down the ages, in season and out. Now she doesn’t even speak in one voice to her own people!

The Woke Ethic & the Spirit of Protestantism

ON FERVENT & MANIC BUSYBODIES

Pieter Vree

The woke project, like much of Protestantism, is led by a self-selected group of “the Elect” who see themselves as arbiters of excellence in moral matters.

Walking on Eggshells, Distilling Eggshells

THE PITFALLS OF PRIDE MONTH

J.D. Palmer

The evidence is clear that our society will decompose, long before the human species dies out, when the traditional family is dethroned from its place of honor.

The Wanting Seed. By Anthony Burgess.

WHAT SEEMED ABSURD IN 1962 NOW APPEARS FRIGHTENINGLY QUOTIDIAN

Michael S. Rose

The book seemed absurd when it appeared in 1962. Sixty years later, lipstick-wearing men, sex changes, and overzealous population controllers are common.

“Homosexuality” as a Philological Problem

ON THE DAMAGE BEING DONE BY DUBIOUS TERMINOLOGY

R.V. Young

Neither the words “homosexual” or “homosexuality” nor their equivalents in any language known to me existed before the late 19th century.

The Short-Lived “Gay Gene”

GENETIC DETERMINISM OR PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY?

Christopher M. Reilly

We can challenge genetic determinism by reaffirming both our inherent free will to make choices and our inherent dignity.

The Truth About the Homosexual Rights Movement

THE BOOKS WERE A FRONT FOR THE PORN

Ronald G. Lee

I am convinced that many, if not most, people who are familiar with the lives of homosexuals know the truth but refuse to face it.

Under the Rainbow

When Catholic moral theology and LGBT "rights" collide, one must give way. How will this play out under the "inclusive" bishop of San Diego?

The Song Remains the Same

The Vatican evidently wants neither to ban nor not ban homosexuals from the priesthood, since it again chose to do neither in a recently-issued document on clerical formation.

What Would Flannery O'Connor Say?

A CATHOLIC RESPONSE TO SAME-SEX ATTRACTION

Anne M. Maloney

To accept our brokenness is not to resign ourselves to it or succumb to it. Our individual crosses must be carried along the path God has chosen for us, to Heaven.

Breaking the Bathroom Barrier: A Civil-Rights Imperative?

If transgender people truly want "equal protection under the law," they shouldn't be treated as a separate class of people, distinct from the rest of society. This is what the inaptly named nondiscrimination laws would do.

Terror at the Disco: Why the Experts Always Come Up Empty

Again after the Orlando massacre, the national conversation about anti-gay hatred studiously avoided any mention of Islam and the Muslim view of homosexuality. Anger was directed primarily at conservative Christians.

The New Double Standard

Media pundits and cultural elites who routinely excoriate the Church with false charges are oddly silent when it comes to flagrant transgressions by Muslims against gays, women, and non-Muslims.

The Canticles of Genderspirit

LADY GAGA, MACKLEMORE & THE SEXUAL SELF

Jason M. Morgan

The entire premise of gender theory is that the mind and the body needn't be in concert with each other at all. But hit pop songs say precisely the opposite thing.

The Roar of the Lion

San Francisco Archbishop Cordileone faces a rebellion of the overclass — a rebellion led by the city's one-percenters, who registered their protest by taking out a full-page newpaper ad.

The Fallacy of Faulty Analogy

Activists and journalists have been working overtime to make stick the comparison between racial segregation and so-called anti-LGBT attitudes.

Obsequious to a Fault

Joseph C. Klee

Cameli believes in dialogue and would like to build a bridge between diametrically opposed camps. It's been said, however, that nobody lives on a bridge.

The Conservative Surrender in the Culture Wars

SILENCE = DEATH

Tom Bethell

The systematic protection of homosexual behavior is a consequence of an even greater lie: that there are no real differences between the sexes.

The Kiss Seen 'Round the World

If you think there should be places where men can be men — football locker rooms, U.S. military barracks, Catholic seminaries, etc. — you'd better ready yourself for a trip to re-education camp.

A Manufactured Controversy

Those raising the most vocal objections to new diocesan teacher contracts -- which stipulate that teachers conduct themselves according to basic Catholic principles in their public lives -- are those who do not agree with many of the Church's teachings.

The Sword of the Saint, Unsheathed

Anne Barbeau Gardiner

Any Christian who commits sodomy, Damian explains, surpasses in sin the men of Sodom, for he "defies the very commands of evangelical grace."

The Big Bucks Behind the Gay Agenda

PROFITS & PERVERSITY

F. Douglas Kneibert

Catholics are swept up with everyone else in the cause of gay rights — one more bit of evidence that the Catholic cultural identity is fast becoming a thing of the past.

Unlearning Compassion in San Diego

Chancery decisions on thorny issues, like Church funerals for notorious apostates, are best made for the salvation of souls, and not for the bishop's good name or the Church's public image.

Sore Losers

Whenever gay-rights groups are challenged democratically and lose, they complain of being victims of entrenched bigots. November's elections provide some excellent examples.

The Vatican Toes the Line

Among the nations of the Old World only the Vatican raises her lonely voice against the enshrinement of immorality into law and as a result becomes the target of public scorn and ridicule.

Space Invaders

"Diversity is the hallmark of our nation. It is increasingly evident that our diversity includes differences in sexual orientation."

Enforcing Tolerance

Public schools are thumbing their nose at parents, saying: "We can teach your kids whatever we please, and there's nothing anybody can do about it."

Not Peace, But a Sword

Archbishop Nienstedt stands accused of having divided parents from children, and family members from each other.

What Is More Dangerous: Smoking or Homosexuality?

According to a recent study, engaging in homosexual behavior reduces men's lifespan by 24 years in Norway and Denmark.

Homosexual Civil Unions in Sweden & Norway

Attempts to codify permanence into homosexual relationships via state recognition of same-sex "marriage" will inevitably fail.

Homosexuality, Contraception & the Defense of Marriage

GUEST COLUMN

Patrick Danielson

Defenders of marriage who also defend contraception speak with an inauthentic voice that unavoidably lacks authority.

More Magical Moments With Our Bishops

THE USCCB'S 'MINISTRY TO PERSONS WITH HOMOSEXUAL INCLINATION'

Randy Engel

The USCCB document instructs that everyone, not just homosexuals, is in need of "training in virtue" and needs to strive for "growth in holiness."

It's Good For Business

"Gay consumers are wealthier than average, and loyal to brands that they perceive as gay-friendly," according to Reuters.

'Hate the Sin but Love the Sinner': Not Scriptural, Not Catholic Doctrine

GUEST COLUMN

Erven Park

This catchphrase is tailor-made for today's milieu in which human behavior is no longer judged by the criteria of right or wrong.

Homosexuality Is Bad? But Where's That in the Lectionary?

WAS IT THE LAVENDER MAFIA?

F. Douglas Kneibert

The Liturgy of the Word, which is a part of every Mass, would be one logical place for Catholics to look for divine guidance.

Guidance About Homosexuality

GUEST COLUMN

Monica Hidalgo Breaux

Our emotions and habits may oppress our awareness of the nature of our free will and the grace of God to assist us in all our trials.

A School That Discriminates

Catholic schools may not mind being dupes from homosexual activists, but a Calvinist school in California wants no part in it.

Oz Reborn

The imposition of 'safe spaces' for homosexuality has effectively displaced 'religion' and 'belief systems' from the classroom.

The Truth About the Homosexual Rights Movement

THE BOOKS WERE A FRONT FOR THE PORN

Ronald G. Lee

The money spent on the few books in the room in front of the porn wasn't wasted. It was used to purchase a commodity for the gay rights establishment: respectability.

Homosexual Activism Meets Catholic Kindergarten

'JOEY HAS TWO DADDIES'

Michael S. Rose

The priest and school rector demanded a retraction and apology from the concerned parents or they would not be permitted to enroll their children in the parish school.

The Same Old Yada-Yada

Bishop J. Terry Steib is setting up a ministry for "gay and lesbian" Catholics. Yes, in Tennessee. This could be helpful, but Steib's outfit won't be.

Sheer Idolatry

Crisis makes "The Case for the American Empire"

Always Our Neighbors (Part II)

David Morrison didn't like what we wrote about him.

Always Our Neighbors

"Vice…seen too oft, familiar with her face/We first endure, then pity, then embrace."

Why Does Dante Consider Sodomy Worse Than Homicide & Suicide?

GUEST COLUMN

Anne Barbeau Gardiner

Just as blasphemers assault faith, sodomites assault family life, a foundation of the community.

Better an Honest Episcopalian Than a Dishonest Catholic

Queers complain they feel "increasingly alientated by the Catholic Church."

Homosexuality & Same-Sex 'Marriage'

JUVENAL VS. EPICURUS

Leland D. Peterson

The context for sexual corruption in our time, and in Juvenal's Rome, is godless Epicurean hedonism. Like causes will have like effects.

A Rebel in Search of a Cause

Homosexuals are no longer marginal; now they're mainstream, legit.

"I'm Afraid of What People Will Think…"

Angela Watrous's theology: God loves people "regardless of whom they slept with."

Sodom & the City of God

A RESPONSE TO THE NEW OXFORD REVIEW

Ron Belgau

Though the way to sanctity is hard and I may stumble ten thousand times before I reach the top, it is the only road for me.

"Rebuke Them Sharply"

Calling them "fags" will only make homosexuals angry and defiant?

The Celebrated Matthew Shepard & The Forgotten Mary Stachowicz

GUEST COLUMN

Barbara Kralis

Mary was witnessing to her Catholic faith and was murdered — martyred — for it. The mainstream secular news media didn't touch the story.

When All Else Fails, "Get Me to a Shopping Mall"

VARIETIES OF DISTRACTING EXPERIENCE

Edmund B. Miller

If, one evening, one is startled to find oneself brooding over the meaning of life, one need only grab the keys and go shopping.

What Psychologists "Know"

We can't have priests, especially "gay" priests with their "gifts," repress their sexuality.

Is It Time for Co-ed Rectories & Religious Communities?

A debate is raging as to whether homosexually inclined men should continue to be admitted to seminaries.

Ham-Fisted Homosexualist Propaganda for Catholic High Schoolers

Students observe silence as a way to support homosexual "rights."

Playing Parents of "Gays" For Suckers

Your 19-year-old son announces out of the blue that he's homosexual. St. Anthony Messenger to the rescue!

If It's Good for the Goose…

If it’s OK for an out-of-the-closet “gay friar” to live in an all-male environment, then why can’t red-blooded heterosexual men live in nunneries?

The Unwelcome Ex-"Gay" Phenomenon

CHALLENGING THE "UNCHANGEABLE"

John C. Cort

A practicing psychiatrist who has specialized in reparative therapy says if patients "bring in the spiritual component," the recovery rate is "significantly higher."

In Praise of "Coming Out" (Or: You Tell & We'll Ask)

There's a debate taking place in the Church as to whether homosexual teachers in Catholic schools should "come out."

Homosexuality & the Entertainment Media

IS THE "GAY BATTLE PLAN" INVINCIBLE?

Michael Medved

The main threats to the family come from infidelity, divorce, and all the temptations of a hedonistic culture.

Homosexuality & Catholic Doctrine

FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD IS ULTIMATELY WHAT IT'S ABOUT

Fabian Bruskewitz

The general norms of Christian ethics have been unvarying in their understanding that human sexual activity is permissible only in the context of Christian marriage.

Let's Have More Loneliness!

Is this a problem with "homosexual priests"? Not really, concludes Fr. James Martin.

Why No Call for Dialogue With "Homophobes"?

America magazine continues its campaign to subvert Catholic teaching on homosexuality.

Evangelicals Have "Made It" — Onto the Slippery Slope

They are becoming squishy soft on the issue of homosexuality.

Jesuitically Advancing The "Gay" Agenda?

America magazine says gay priests should feel free to call themselves "gay priests"

The Chickens Come Home to Roost

Andrew Greeley says we now "have a priesthood which is substantially gay."

Degenerate Priests — Deal With the Problem, Please!

Why does the conservative Catholic media pooh-pooh reality?

Billy Graham's Crumbling Journalistic Legacy

Is Christianity Today going homosexualist?

Homosexual Memoirs for Catholic Freshmen: Why?

NOWHERE NEAR HEAVEN'S COAST

Katherine Kersten

At a Christian university, students and faculty should be committed to a search for the truth about the truly good life for man.

The Antinomian Consequences Of Homophilic Quietism

While Sister was refusing to evangelize homosexuals, they were busy "evangelizing" her.

The Homosexual Condition: Can It Be Changed? Prevented?

HOPE & PRACTICAL ADVICE

Mary Meehan

Engaging a Secularist Regiment

David R. Carlin

Fr. Harvey combines loyalty to traditional Catholic moral teaching with genuine sympathy for the plight of homosexuals.

In the Closet, Jesus Might Have Two Mommies (No Joke)

Dale Vree

Review of The Encyclopedia of Catholic Doctrine

Homosexuality & the Maccabean Revolt

SEXUAL POLITICS & THE BIRTH OF THE WEST

Patrick G.D. Riley

Views of Homosexuality

John C. Cort

Review of Homosexuality by James P. Hanigan and The Homo­sexual Person by John F. Harvey

Homosexuality Again

CHRIST & NEIGHBOR

John C. Cort

A Religious Revival?

CHRIST AND NEIGHBOR

John C. Cort

The Triumph of Lust

CHRIST & NEIGHBOR

John C. Cort

On Homosexuality

CHRIST & NEIGHBOR

John C. Cort

If churches change their stand on homosexuality, then they should also change their stand on premarital sex and extramarital sex, also known as adultery.

On Homosexuality

HARVARD DIARY

Robert Coles

We owe each other tact, discretion, the right of individuality — and a consideration of what kind of public values, what kind of larger so­cial and cultural scene, we want.

Can a Political Conservative Be a Christian?

A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES

James J. Thompson Jr.

The Christian conservative must not subsume his religion under his politics and thereby pervert a timeless Gospel into an ideological weapon.