Print Edition: February 12, 2012
Feb. 12 issue editorial: In the wake of the Second Vatican Council, the rights of “conscience” were said to trump moral teaching that barred contraception, abortion and non-marital sexual relationships. Now, the raw power of the state has been used to violate the conscience rights of believers in an open and unapologetic manner.
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An analysis of the views of young people on abortion and same-sex “marriage.”
A look at a new commission in Canada that deals with religious-freedom issues.
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Web-only reflections on forthcoming Mass readings.
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