Bryan Hehir’s “Seamless Garment” Unravels

Yesterday’s defeat of Bishop Gerald Kicanas is a huge win for those of us who feel the time has come to finish unraveling the late Cardinal Bernadin’s and Fr. Bryan Hehir’s “seamless garment” principles.  This piece from George Neumayr at Catholic World Report said it well: In the years following Roe v. Wade, the US [...]

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No Backbone for Boston Archbishop

A quick read of this weekend’s edition of The Pilot and a look at recent news from the Boston Archdiocese confirms the sad state of affairs for Boston Catholics.  The Cardinal Archbishop of Boston seems to have even less backbone than the traces of it we glimpsed earlier in his Boston tenure.  He is continuing to make [...]

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New Catholic University President: What No One is Reporting About John Garvey’s Appointment

Many of you have probably seen the news that Catholic University of America has appointed Boston College Law School Dean, John Garvey, to be the new president.  Fortunately, sources like Catholic Culture and Pewsitter came out quickly letting everyone know about Dean Garvey’s troubling record on failing to defend Catholic teachings. But every report we [...]

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The Big Picture on Catholic Education for Children of Gay Parents

Faithful readers, this is now the final version of the “Big Picture” essay.  In view of the conflicting messages and lack of recent communications from officials in the Boston Archdiocese over the matter of letting gay couples’ children attend Catholic schools, this essay outlines all of the issues to be considered in the big picture of [...]

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Fr. Bryan Hehir Should Be Fired (Flashback to 1978)

Readers, Today’s post comes from a guest contributor, Chantel, who has been reading our blog since the beginning.  She submitted this editorial that she came across from The Wanderer, a national Catholic weekly newspaper.   The editorial is from 1978, and is reprinted with the permission of the author and publisher. Many thanks to Chantal [...]

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Fr. Bryan Hehir keynoting conference with “gay priests” advocate: Part 3

At long last, here’s the final installment on Fr. Bryan Hehir’s next speaking gig on April 30 in the Diocese of St. Petersburg, Florida.  In Part 1 we talked about Fr. Hehir keynoting along with another speaker who advocates for gay priests and gay culture, and in Part 2 we talked about him also sharing the [...]

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Bryan Hehir’s 2009 Social Justice Conference: Part 2

These social justice conferences are really the gift that just keeps giving!  If you have not yet read 2009 Social Justice Conference: Part 1 posted yesterday, please do check that out, as well as last weeks post on the 2006 Social Justice Conference.  Now, on to our next speaker, Sr. Terry Rickard of RENEW International. [...]

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Bryan Hehir’s 2009 Social Justice Conference: Part 1

Belated Happy Easter to all.  Christ is Risen. Alleluia! In my last post, I talked about the betrayal of Catholic moral values encouraged by sponsors and speakers Fr. Bryan Hehir featured at his first Social Justice Conference in Boston in 2006.   In this multi-part post (due to length of material), we will cover the second conference that [...]

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Wolves, and Bryan Hehir’s First Boston Social Justice Conference

In view of it being Holy Week, I debated whether to post.  But the betrayal of Jesus brought to mind the betrayal of Catholic moral values that seem to have been encouraged by many of the speakers and sponsors Fr. Bryan Hehir recruits for his recent Social Justice Conferences so I thought I should share [...]

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