2013: The Church | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Forget the HHS mandate. It adds nothing to the discussion, since 3rd party insurance has covered contraception for the past 12 years. Write it on your mirror and say it every day until you believe it. The only thing changing is co-payments being eliminated, which adds no cost (the Church should demand a discount, even though they don't actuarially don't deserve one).
As to Americanism, it is now essentially Doctrine post Vatican II, as the Church itself believes in religious freedom. It is not and should not be considered heresy to think for oneself. If the Church cannot justify natural law beliefs based on discourse and evidence, they are using authority, not reason.
The New Evangelization will be a dead issue if it is simply about enforcing doctrine and not about sharing the miracles of the incarnation and the empty tomb (as Michael has said) and what that means for us. Sadly, the standard story of the Crucifixion as a blood offering rather than a vision quest where God comes to us to feel our pain (because we cannot approach God) dooms this years project to be a clerical project without much reach beyond it. I expect nothing new here.
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