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April 26, 2019

IRS grants Satanic Temple recognition as a ‘church’

April 26, 2019

A satanic group has announced they have been granted recognition as a church by the Internal Revenue Service. In a statement published Thursday, the Massachusetts-based Satanic Temple said that they have received notice from the IRS and that the decision would grant the organization equal legal footing with other religious groups. “This acknowledgement will help

Catholic University president applauds students’ decision to block porn

April 26, 2019

The president of The Catholic University of America has voiced his support for a student government resolution that asked the university to block the 200 most popular porn sites from its internet system. “I am so proud of our students,” CUA president John Garvey wrote in an op-ed for the Arlington Catholic Herald April 24.

I’m proud that my students voted to block porn

April 26, 2019

Porn has been ubiquitous all of my life. The Supreme Court’s 1969 decision in Stanley vs Georgia had essentially revoked state obscenity laws across the land, and thus let loose the hounds of sexual exploitation. By the 90s, porn was experiencing a second revolution: the internet. The legalization and normalization of porn which had been

Morning Catholic must-reads: 26/04/19

April 26, 2019

Argentine Bishop Enrique Angelelli will be beatified tomorrow. The French bishops have issued a new document on the foundations of Catholic anthropology (introduction). Burundi’s bishops have forbidden speeches at Mass. Christopher Lamb looks ahead to the next conclave. George Weigel comments on the “immediate, volatile and sometime vicious responses” to Benedict XVI’s abuse essay. Cardinal