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A Catholic Church Without Hell? Where We Are Headed.

Posted by Deal Hudson | Nov 3, 2015 | America, Bishops, Catholic Church, Conservatism, Culture, Ethics, Faith, Family, Featured, Marriage, Popes, Social Teaching, Spirituality, Theology |

I could describe my reaction to this in two ways, first, as being baffled, like Alice in Wonderland, or, second, of being betrayed.

Homosexuality and the Synod on the Family

Posted by Deal Hudson | Oct 5, 2015 | Bishops, Catholic Church, Family, Featured, Popes, Theology |

It’s important to remember that when the US bishops released their Bennett_cover 2004 report on the priest’s pedophile crisis, the report itself revealed it was not pedophilia that was the problem but homosexual priests having sexual contact with post-pubescent boys and teenagers. Though 90% of the 400 victims listed in the report were post-pubescent, both the bishops and the media ignored the significance of this finding.

Pope Francis meets the United Nations in a Fractured World

Posted by Deal Hudson | Sep 25, 2015 | America, Bishops, Catholic Church, Faith, Featured, Foreign Affairs, History, Politics, Popes, Social Teaching |

When Pope Francis arrived at the United Nations today he was welcomed by the sight of the Vatican Flag, the first time the yellow and white flag had ever been raised at the UN since its founding in 1945.

The Sublime and Beautiful at Askernish

Posted by Deal Hudson | Aug 23, 2015 | Culture, Featured, Friendship, Manners, Spirituality, Sports |

I’m on the verge of my fourth visit to the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides to...

Vinyl Lust and Hickory Golf — A Shared Passion

Posted by Deal Hudson | Jul 26, 2015 | America, Conservatism, Culture, Featured, Manners, Psychology, Spirituality, Sports |

Here are two instances, and I’m sure there are others, where a group of enthusiasts have come to realize the new technology had lessened the pleasure it has promised to increase.

After SCOTUS Marriage Decision, Bishops Start Environmental Justice Program

Posted by Deal Hudson | Jul 5, 2015 | America, Bishops, Catholic Church, Culture, Education, Ethics, Faith, Family, Featured, Marriage, Media, Popes, Spirituality, Theology |

On June 18, Pope Francis released his second encyclical, Laudato si’, and on June 26 the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage with their Obergefell v. Hodges decision. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops responded very differently to these events.

Ten Things to Know About the Politics of the New Encyclical

Posted by Deal Hudson | Jun 25, 2015 | 2016 Election, Bishops, Catholic Church, Ethics, Featured, History, Politics, Spirituality |

What I have described below will be churning from now until election day in an attempt to distract Catholic voters from settled, non-negotiable, moral issues of life, marriage, and the family.

David Brooks Doesn’t Understand Love (But Who Does?)

Posted by Deal Hudson | Jun 23, 2015 | Catholic Church, Ethics, Featured, Popes, Spirituality |

There is no economic principle called “self-interest” that can be invoked independently of human morality, at least from a Catholic point of view.

Dear Pope Francis, What Happened to “Who Am I To Judge?”

Posted by Deal Hudson | Jun 22, 2015 | Catholic Church, Culture, Ethics, Faith, Featured, Foreign Affairs, Popes, Spirituality |

Will the Pope next call into the question the faith of those who serve in the military around the world?

On Books To Read Before You Reach 30

Posted by Deal Hudson | Jun 15, 2015 | America, Books, Culture, Featured, History, Literature, Theology |

Perhaps the biggest surprise on the list is A.J. Heschel’s treatise on the Jewish tradition of Shabbat — The Sabbath (1955). A Polish-born rabbi and scholar, Heschel emigrated to the United States 1940 eventually becoming a professor of Jewish mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. His 1955 God In Search of Man (1955) was almost required reading during my college and seminary years, read alongside the work of Karl Barth, Paul Tillich, and Martin Buber.