Cardinal Ratzinger

Some clarifications and further thoughts on new atheism and the Church IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-25259453757_a79e0d610e_o

Some clarifications and further thoughts on new atheism and the Church

Erik Kain April 14, 2010

I’ve gotten some good pushback on my new atheist post, and probably – quite likely even –...

Pope Benedict and the Legion of Christ

Erik Kain April 8, 2010

Over at True/Slant I begin to lay out what I see as an emerging narrative of Pope...

Cardinal Ratzinger and Father Marcial Maciel IFRL-NaPP-Asia-01822v

Cardinal Ratzinger and Father Marcial Maciel

Erik Kain April 1, 2010

In this slide (9/16) on ABC’s slideshow report on the supposed mishandling of the abuse cases of...

The Theology of Papa IFRL-NaPP-Asia-00154v

The Theology of Papa

Chris Dierkes October 27, 2009

You really should read Br. Will’s post on Ross Douthat’s recent op-ed. The comment thread is a...

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