“What The Dead Want”: A New Poetry Book by Paulette Claire Turcotte
Known for her work with dreams and creativity, Paulette has worked 30 years in Jungian analysis and studies and more…
Why Do Some Catholics Oppose Pope Francis?
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An Enemy of the Thomas Merton Society
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Victoria Support Committee: Thirty Years Solidarity
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Open Letter Regarding Diocesan Sexual Abuse Disclosures
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The Irony of Thomas Merton: Raids on the Unthinkable
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What U.S. Bishops Need Learn From The Amazon Synod
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Pope Francis, Newman and the Canonization of Conscience
Few theological themes of Pope Francis have evoked as much opposition as his emphasis on conscience. Most notably, in Amoris Laetitia he…
‘The Way I See It’: The Problem of Clericalism
Introduction
Two new books by Paulette Claire Turcotte
What The Dead Want is a book of poems that have grown out of a sense of social outrage, an immense love…