Publisher:Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2016]
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-211) and index.
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What is the Catholic Church's stance on homosexuality? Pope Francis's welcoming of gay people creates many positive opportunities / Francis DeBernardo ; Pope Francis strays from Catholic doctrine by welcoming gay people / Raymond Leo Burke ; The Catholic Church should never recognize same-sex marriages / Thomas J. Paprocki ; Catholics can embrace same-sex marriage without compromising their faith / Larry Donnelly ; Catholic institutions should not be forced to hire gay people / John Zmirak ; Catholic leadership should stop discriminating against gay people / Taboola ; Should the Catholic Church ordain gay priests? / Michael Brown ; The Catholic Church should not discriminate against gay priests / James Martin -- What role does the Catholic Church play in health issues? ObamaCare discriminates against Catholicism and other religions / L. Martin Nussbaum ; Catholics should not use arguments based on moral reasoning against ObamaCare / Thomas Farrell ; Catholics should view abortion as a moral evil / Richard M. Doerflinger ; Pro-choice Catholics play an important role in the abortion debate / Patricia Miller ; Pope Francis's comments on family planning are misguided / Tara Culp-Ressler ; Pope Francis is correct to encourage conservative family planning / Tyler Anderson ; Death with dignity opposes Catholic teaching / Donald Hanson ; Catholics should not oppose death with dignity / Robert Olvera -- What are issues facing the Catholic priesthood? Catholic priests should remain celibate / Stephen Beale ; Catholic priests should be allowed to marry / Dan Delzell ; Women should never be ordained Catholic priests / Dwight Longenecker ; Women should be allowed to become Catholic priests / Jo Piazza ; Catholic Church's stance against clerical abuse not enough / Lauren Carasik ; The Catholic Church is progressing toward clerical abuse reform / Priyanka Boghani -- How should the Catholic Church interact with the secular world? The Catholic Church should participate in politics / Keith Fournier ; How Pope Francis allows politics to distort the Christian faith / Michael Brendan Dougherty ; Pope Francis is correct on new American-Cuban relations / William R. Wineke ; Cuban dissident voices and Pope Francis's deaf ears / Nicholas G. Hahn III ; Pope Francis is wrong to combat climate change / Marc Morano ; Pope Francis displays sound ethics in combating climate change / Rmuse ; Pope Francis is wrong to support big bang and evolution / Ken Ham ; Pope Francis's big bang and evolution support aligns with Catholicism / Thomas Lucente.