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The Leap of Faith is Not To Jump
Letters to a Growing Catholic #3
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James J. Heaney
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The Truth and Nothing but the Truth, So Help Me God
Letters to a Growing Catholic #1
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James J. Heaney
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Faith is, Firstly, Reasonable
Letters to a Growing Catholic #2
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James J. Heaney
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Housekeeping: Referral Program, Premium Perk Refresh, Thank Yous
This is boring and you don't have to read it.
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James J. Heaney
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Disqualification is Anti-Democratic. Good!
The Founders loathed democracy. They gave us a constitutional republic instead.
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James J. Heaney
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Dredd & the Rule of Law
Reviews | This one's free.
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James J. Heaney
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Review of Ross Douthat's Review(s) of Civil War (2024), by way of Civil War (1861)
Civil war as legitimacy crisis
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James J. Heaney
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The Synod Can't Do Anything, So Chillax
A Catholic programming note
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James J. Heaney
The James J. Heaney Institute Presents: A New Study of Religion and Contraceptive Use
In 2011, the Guttmacher Institute, the research arm of Planned Parenthood, published a routine paper analyzing religion and contraception use. During…
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James J Heaney
Some Church Documents #2: 1975 Nullity Case Involving a "Transsexual"
The document and my discussion are at the bottom, if you want to skip down and read the darn thing. Otherwise, I have some introductory comments on the…
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James J Heaney
EXCLUSIVE: Synod Reaches Compromise! Remarried Catholics May Receive Communion, But Only At Extraordinary Form Masses
EXCLUSIVE photos of the Synod on the Family, courtesy Fr. Rynne The 2015 Ordinary Synod on the Family has today reached an “Extraordinary" compromise…
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James J Heaney
A Modest Compromise on the Contraceptive Mandate
Let's split the difference: From now on, the Catholic Church will pay for what its employees want to do in the privacy of their bedrooms. In exchange…
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James J Heaney
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