Showing posts with label Gerald Slevin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gerald Slevin. Show all posts
Saturday, April 21, 2018

Gerald Slevin on Pius IX and the Doctrine of Infallibility: Pope Francis Can Make the Church Great Again by Eliminating the "Infallibility Trap"

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Earlier today, I linked to a very fine statement by Irish lay Catholic Ursula Halligan in response to recent comments by Archbishop...
Monday, August 3, 2015

Recommended: Robert Blair Kaiser's Whistle, on Tom Doyle's Life and Work with Abuse Survivors

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I appreciate Jerry Slevin's reminder, in a response to my posting earlier today, about Robert Blair Kaiser's last book (Kais...
Friday, May 1, 2015

Things I'm Reading at Week's End: Marriage, Bible, Catholics, Women's Rights, Recovering from Religious Trauma, Pope Francis and Women

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Things I'm reading as this week ends — these items all connected in that they talk about issues of religion in the public square:
Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: Jerry Slevin on How "Finn Sacking . . . Points to Serious Trouble after the Chile Revolt for the Pope’s Upcoming Visit to Philly"

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Jerry Slevin at Christian Catholicism on how the Finn sacking shows the tenacity of abuse survivor Marie Collins in holding the pope...
Friday, March 27, 2015

The Furor in Chile About Juan Barros's Installation as Bishop of Osorno: A Footnote

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A quick footnote to the update I published earlier today about the protest of Pope Francis's decision to make Juan Barros the new ...

The Furor in Chile as Juan Barros Madrid Is Installed as Bishop: An Update

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As a follow-up to my posting this past Sunday , which pointed you to a posting by Jerry Slevin at his Christian Catholicism site talki...
Sunday, March 22, 2015

Jerry Slevin on Chilean Catholic Revolt and Need for a New Ecumenical Council

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Thursday, January 29, 2015

Jerry Slevin on Pastoral Treatment of Divorced and Remarried Catholics, and Popes Benedict and Francis: Which Pope Is Infallible?

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In a recent posting at his Christian Catholicism blog , Jerry Slevin points readers to William McDonough's Commonweal essay about...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Jerry Slevin on Pope's "Three Card Monte" Approach to Birth Control: "Undercuts Many Catholics' Confidence in Pope Francis' Intellectual Integrity"

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Jerry Slevin on how the pope's "disingenuous" remarks on contraception undercut many Catholics' confidence in his ...
Monday, January 19, 2015

On Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: Jerry Slevin on Pope Francis's Trip to the Philippines, and Catholics' Dream

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And another King-day-themed posting: at his Christian Catholicism site , Jerry Slevin comments on Pope Francis's encounter in the...
Saturday, January 10, 2015

Gerald Slevin on Pope's Pivot on Rumors of a Vatican Council: Now or Never

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In a new posting at his Christian Catholicism site , Jerry Slevin cites a recent observation by Robert Mickens:
Friday, January 9, 2015

Sister Teresa Forcades on the Necessity of Dreaming of Revolution in the Catholic Church — Especially re: Clericalism and Misogyny

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Joel 2:28, NIV Translation In the Catalan journal El Critic , Irene Ramentol asks Benedictine Sister Teresa Forcades whether the id...
Saturday, January 3, 2015

Gerald Slevin on 12 New Year's Resolutions for Pope Francis: Time to Act Is Now

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In a new posting at his Christian Catholicism site , Jerry Slevin invites Catholics to dream about the impossible. As he notes, count...
Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Pope Francis in the News: Media Memes and Informed Commentary (There's a Difference)

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Perhaps you haven't noticed, but Pope Francis has been in the news lately. A lot. Headlines yesterday about his scolding of the ...
Friday, December 19, 2014

Jerry Slevin on Pope Francis's "Huge Papal Mistake" in Not Placing Father Thomas Doyle on Papal Abuse Commission

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At his Christian Catholicism site, Jerry Slevin argues that Pope Francis is making "a huge papal mistake" and "exhibi...
Saturday, December 13, 2014

Jerry Slevin: Pope Francis and Women Cardinals

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Earlier today, I suggested that Pope Francis would do well to read some women theologians like Ivone Gebara as he continues to put b...
Friday, November 28, 2014

New Essay by Jerry Slevin: "Thanksgiving, Catholic Hope and Pope Francis"

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For your weekend reading on what's a long weekend for many American workers, I'd like to recommend to you Jerry Slevin's...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Jerry Slevin on Pope Francis as a Ray of Hope in a Crisis of Trust — A Holy Mess

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At his Christian Catholicism site, Jerry Slevin  maintains that if Pope Francis represents "a ray of hope" for the Catholic...
Monday, November 3, 2014

Aletha Blayse's Essay on Child Abuse, War, and Need for a National Commission of Inquiry: A Footnote (and Recommendation)

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Dear Readers, I'm multi-tasking right now after a day of traveling, and apologize that I didn't take time (I didn't h...

Aletha Blayse: Child Abuse, War, and the Need for a National Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse

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We Are Losing the War On the eve of the November 4 election, America is at war. I’m not talking about the war in the Middle East....