Crisis in the Church
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The Soda Pop Solidarity of the "Meeting on Human Fraternity" in Rome. My latest in Catholic World Report
I am back from Rome at last. I am way behind on my emails so please be patient one and all! While in Rome my wife and I got an
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My Response to Dr. Matthew Minerd: My Latest in Catholic World Report
https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2023/05/30/catholic-alliances-today-and-tomorrow-a-response-to-dr-matthew-minerd/
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Larry Chapp interviews Eduardo Echeverria on Father James Martin
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The Burned Bridges of Father James Martin: My Latest in the Register
https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/father-martin-s-outreach-ministry
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Larry Chapp interviews Timothy Flanders on his new book: City of God vs. City of Man
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Carl Olson of Ignatius Press interviews Larry Chapp on his new book
It was a pleasure and a joy to converse with my Catholic World Report editor, Carl Olson, on my new book from Ignatius Press. And here is the audio podcast:
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A Response to Archbishop Paglia's ongoing revisionism of moral theology: My latest in Catholic World Report
Archbishop Paglia, the President of the Pontifical Academy for Life has recently made comments that the Church can accept certain forms of legalized assisted suicide. Many people are outraged by
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Cardinal McElroy's latest essay: a response. My latest in Catholic World Report
Cardinal Mcelroy has published yet another essay in which he attempts to answer his critics. Unfortunately, it is just more of the same. My latest response is in Catholic World
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Cardinal Cupich and the Hermeneutics of the Abyss: My Latest in Catholic World Report
My latest in Catholic World Report wherein I criticize Cardinal Cupich's inexcusable misuse of Pope Benedict's theology. https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2023/02/21/cardinal-cupich-
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Rodney Howsare: The Apostle Paul and the Liberating Nature of Truth: A Meditation on the True Meaning of Christian "Inclusion".
A wonderful guest essay by my former colleague at DeSales University, Dr. Rodney Howsare. A brilliant analysis of Saint Paul and the proper notion of inclusion. The Apostle Paul and
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The theological underpinnings for McElroy's Manifesto: My first piece of news analysis for The Pillar
Many thanks to JD Flynn for helping me produce my first piece of news analysis. It was hard for me to avoid opinionating on the topic but JD gave me
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The McElroy Manifesto: My Latest in Catholic World Report
My latest in Catholic World Report on the radical proposals of Cardinal McElroy https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2023/01/30/cardinal-mcelroys-grand-deception/
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My latest in Catholic World Report: The Father Rupnik Scandal
https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2022/12/29/on-lukewarm-mediocrity-duplicitous-hypocrisy-and-media-deflections/?fbclid=IwAR2SrhckjTkSvSLpm3R70qn9_7_0kcObyb59mkX6C0IFF9oqy915YOMSAlQ
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The hypocritical ultramontanism of The National Catholic Reporter: My latest in Catholic World Report
A recent opinion piece by the puerile Michael Sean Winters in The National Catholic Reporter was so absurdly awful, even for him, that it deserved a reponse. And here it
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Rejecting "Low Bar" Thomism in Modern Moral Theology
My latest essay in Catholic World Report which is a shorter version of my last blog post on Flipping the Script. https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2022/08/12/rejecting-the-
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Flipping the Script Part Two: Holiness in the Regime of Immanence
By Larry Chapp “What would really satisfy us would be a God who said of anything we happened to like doing, ‘What does it matter so long as they are
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"The Abuse of Conscience": Larry Chapp Interviews Matthew Levering On His New Book
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My Latest in Catholic World Report: The Attempt to Undermine Pope John Paul II in the Name of Veritatis Splendor.
https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2022/07/14/the-undermining-of-john-paul-ii-in-the-name-of-veritatis-splendor/
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Restorationism and False Accompaniment: My Latest in Catholic World Report
My latest in Catholic World Report in which I clear up some misunderstandings and double down on my criticism of this pontificate for its lack of pastoral sensitivity. https://www.
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Pope Francis and "Restorationism": My Latest in Catholic World Report
Linked below is my latest essay in Catholic World Report. It deals with the Pope's recent comments about the American Catholic Church and the allegedly large number of
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Cardinal McElroy and the Moral Theological Project of Pope Francis
I do not normally comment in this blog on matters pertaining to ecclesial politics. But as I was putting the finishing touches on my next blog essay (on evangelization and
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A Final Word on "Synodality": A Response to Dr. Adam DeVille's Proposal
Linked below is my latest essay in Catholic World Report. It is a short one, around 1000 words. I thought I was done writing on synodality and quite frankly the
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The Crisis that is the Gospel
Linked below is my latest essay in Catholic World Report. It is on the nature of what Balthasar called "The Ernstfall" as the decisive moment in Christian existence.
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A Priest reflects on the state of the Church and his own vocation: An interview with Fr. John Gribowich
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