New work of history looks at the Church through three lenses

New work of history looks at the Church through three lenses

By Paul Senz on Nov 30, 2023 10:35 pm
The Catholic Church is one of the oldest institutions in the world, spanning the entire globe. There may be no more daunting task for a historian than to try to write a concise (but not [...]
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Media bias and religious tests for public office

By Russell Shaw on Nov 30, 2023 08:29 pm
After Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, the New York Times pronounced him part of the Christian nationalist movement. Then it hastened to find a sociologist who agreed [...]
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German bishop says divisions within local Church are a ‘disaster for the faithful’

By Catholic News Agency on Nov 30, 2023 08:00 pm
Bishop Stefan Oster. / Credit: Diocese of Passau Vatican City, Nov 30, 2023 / 16:25 pm (CNA). A prominent German bishop and steadfast opponent of the controversial Synodal Way has leveled his harshest criticism yet of the state of the Catholic ... [...]
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Deus ex Machina, Part 1

By Ian Huyett on Nov 29, 2023 09:07 pm
“I’m certainly willing to believe that consciousness is somehow the fundamental substrate and we’re all just in the dream or the simulation or whatever. I think it’s interesting how much the Silicon Valley religion of [...]
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