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NY Times Columnist Wants Even Less “Catholic Guilt” Over Sex, Never Mind the Body Count

  • April 25, 2016
  • Maggie Gallagher
Pope Francis (photo credit: Agência Brasil via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 BR)
Pope Francis (photo credit: Agência Brasil via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 BR)

My column this weekend at The Stream:

Pope Francis reminds us of the Joy of Love, and in the New York Times, journalist Timothy Egan rejoices because he thinks that means the crushing load of Catholic guilt has been lifted:

“I can’t tell you how many Catholics I know who are trying to work through the consequences of those sexual strictures. They wonder if there are still people doing time in purgatory because of the misdemeanor sins of masturbation or premarital sex. Life was all don’ts and dark thoughts.”

Now that that “medieval millstone” has been lifted, “The new teachings, from a self-professed less-judgmental church, go to the everyday lives of people who don’t believe that they should be constantly reminded of their inadequacies.”

Constantly. Reminded. Of inadequacies? What parish has Egan been attending, and can I go there?

I am only half-joking. I never know quite what to make of these kind of histrionics. Feeling good about ourselves has never been harder apparently than in the post-sexual revolutionary hedonistic utopia.

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Maggie Gallagher is a senior fellow at the American Principles Project and can be followed on Twitter @MaggieGallaghe.

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Maggie Gallagher

Maggie Gallagher is a senior fellow at the American Principles Project.


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