“There are reasons to question whether authorities are telling us the truth. Doing so does not make you a conspiracy theorist. But abandoning truth and reason does.” — O. Alan Noble, Dispatch Faith The Dispatch newsletters are, I admit, not exactly my favorites. I often disagree with their takes on socio-political matters, or at least […]
Jesuit priest/journalist Thomas Reese recently wrote a piece for “Religion News Service”, in which he discusses Pope Francis and some of his critics (within Catholicism) on the topic of God’s mercy vs. justice. “Deep in our hearts, we want Batman for God, someone who will beat up our enemies and punish evildoers. We really don’t […]