We are witnessing an unprecedented era in church history, one in which a single moral teaching has become so important for the magisterium that it appears to many, both inside and outside the church, to be the central dogma of the faith. Two millennia ago, in the early church, even the practice of eating meat cooked in sacrifice to the Roman gods—an enormously divisive issueâ (...)
January 14, 2011
Books
Single-issue Church?
The Church and AbortionA Catholic DissentGeorge Dennis O’BrienRowman and Littlefield, $29.95, 171 pp.
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It's now three weeks since bishop Olmsted acted on CHW Phoenix hospital. Christmas is over. There are 13 dioceses and 40 hospitals in Catholic Healthcare West. Why have we not heard from the other 16-20 bishops? Is silence the new magisterium? reminds me of the Holocaust or abuse coverup. When faced with difficult decisions stick your head deeply in the sand.