FORMED Book Club

Why did the Israelites put whole towns to death under the Old Covenant? Some tough questions on mercy, justice, and war are tackled in Fr. Daniel Moloney’s 2020 book “Mercy: What Every Catholic Should Know.”

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What does mercy have to do punishment? We continue our discussion of Daniel Moloney’s 2020 book “Mercy: What Every Catholic Should Know."

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Justice, anger, forgiveness, and mercy: How are they connected, and how do they affect our lives? We kick off our study of Fr. Daniel Moloney’s 2020 book “Mercy: What Every Catholic Should Know.”

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Author Sue Ellen Browder tells us about the lies of Cosmo, her slow conversion, and the bright future for women in the Church.

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The differences between pro-woman feminism and “Sex Revolution Feminism.”

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Cosmopolitan Magazine and lifestyle marketing: How consumerism, bogus statistics, and bad journalism transformed America, especially for women.

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Sue Ellen Browder was a secular feminist journalist, writing for Cosmopolitan Magazine through the tumultuous 1960s before converting to Catholicism decades later. Now, with new insight, her book “Sex and the Catholic Feminist” takes us back to the good roots of the women’s movement, points out where feminism took a dark turn, and offers a fuller vision of feminine dignity, rooted in love. In this first installment of a four-part series, Vivian Dudro, Joseph Pearce, and Father Joseph Fessio debate mucky politics, the early pro-life feminists, Alfred Kinsey, the Rolling Stones, and more.

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Pope Francis, echoing Pope St. Paul VI, said, “I’d prefer to give my life before changing the law of celibacy.” What do poverty, chastity, and obedience have to do with love?

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What does “ontological” mean, and why is there an “ontological bond” between priestly ministry and sexual continence? The second installment in our study of Cardinal Sarah and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s “From the Depths of Our Hearts.”

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An introduction to the 2020 book on priestly celibacy by Cardinal Sarah and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI: Who wrote it and why?

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