TCA Podcast – “Conversations with Consequences” Episode 26: Religious Freedom in Catholicism and Islam Your hosts Grazie and Andrea discuss religious freedom with Dr. Tom Farr and Ismail Royer of the Religious Freedom Institute. They discuss religious freedom in the United States from the perspective of…

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1. In synod’s married priests debate, somebody finally names elephant in the room. By John L. Allen Jr., Editor, Crux, October 17, 2019 In a Synod of Bishops where priest shortages in the Amazon have been driving discussion of ordaining married men, the surprise really…

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1. March for Life activists reveal ‘Pro-woman’ protest theme, Argue progressives have distorted message. By Christopher Vondracek, The Washington Times, October 16, 2019, Pg. A6 Organizers of the national March for Life announced Tuesday the theme of January’s gathering in Washington — “Pro-Life Is Pro-Woman”…

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1. Vatican Official Resigns Over Financial Scandal. By Francis X. Rocca, The Wall Street Journal, October 15, 2019, Pg. A8 The Vatican’s head of security has resigned over leaks connected to a widening financial scandal over the Holy See’s investments in London real estate. The…

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1. Pope accepts resignation of NYC bishop accused of abuse. The Associated Press, October 10, 2019, 6:36 AM Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a New York City bishop after he was accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy in the 1980s. Auxiliary Bishop…

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1. Administration aims to get religious rights set in stone. By Christopher Vondracek, The Washington Times, October 9, 2019, Pg. A1 The goal now, he [Roger Severino, director for the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services] said, it to…

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1. Justice Ginsburg, a Woman Isn’t a ‘Demiboy’, If the Supreme Court redefines ‘sex’ to include ‘gender identity,’ the female sex will suffer. By Ashley E. McGuire, The Wall Street Journal, October 8, 2019, Pg. A17, Opinion Ms. McGuire is the author of “Sex Scandal:…

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1. A Judicial Abortion Test. The Wall Street Journal, October 7, 2019, Pg. A18, Review & Outlook One tragedy of Roe v. Wade is that it has turned any state regulation of abortion into a judicial controversy. And even the mildest regulation gets presented as…

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TCA Podcast – “Conversations with Consequences” Episode 24: Carrie Gress and Mallory Millett on feminism and the loss of beauty Your hosts Dr. Grazie Christie and Andrea Picciotti-Bayer sit down with Mallory Millett, a former actress and widely published author whose sister, Kate, was instrumental in…

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1. Top Vatican cardinal ‘skeptical’ on married priests for the Amazon. By Inés San Martín, Crux, October 3, 2019 A senior Vatican official once rumored to be a candidate for the papacy, said Wednesday that he’s skeptical about ordaining married men to address priest shortages…

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