Lent Week 2: Tuesday | Matthew 10 (16-42)



Blessings, Duffy.

N.T. Wright has me thinking about Catholic theologians and Catholic professors who take risks with the Church hierarchy and face severe professional penalties as a result, maybe even excommunication. How would this sign go over in Vermont? I suppose the response might be different in front of Saint Anthony's than Saint Augustine's?

Here are the questions I asked Gemini today, and here is the link to the full thread:


Q1. Where do NT Wright and the Anglican Communion stand on contraception? Do they differ from the Roman Catholics on this point?

Q2. Say more about NT Wright's position on family size and permanent contraception methods like the vasectomy to treat overpopulation?

Q3. What about celibacy - does NT Wright see any contemporary value in it, or is he skeptical of all Christian celibate men?

Q4. How about elective abortion - where does NT Wright sit on this issue?

Q5. Where does Archbishop Mullally stand on elective abortion - does she support a woman's right to choose according to her own God-given conscience within the first trimester?

Q6. Bishop Mullally supports elective abortion between 14 and 24 weeks under UK Law for any reason the mother takes into account or only for the sincere mental and physical health of the mother?

Q7. It sounds like Mullally has a nuanced view. Do women seeking an abortion in the UK have a right to seek permission from female medical personnel only?

Q8. Does a woman in the UK need to get anyone's permission for an abortion prior to 12 weeks?

Q9. Is it medically and morally safe to self-manage your own abortion online by pills without talking to anyone about your decision?

Q10. Are there age restrictions for abortion pills by post?

Q11. What if a Catholic theologian teaches that contraception is morally acceptable - does he or she risk excommunication?

Q12. Would a Catholic theologian who teaches that elective abortion prior to 12 weeks is not a sin when it is strictly for the purpose of protecting planetary, family, and personal health likely be excommunicated?

Q13. Is the Catholic Church at risk of losing young men and women from the faith if it takes too hard a line on abortion AND artificial contraception? Since artificial contraception is banned, too, isn't the case for ethical abortion up to 12 weeks even stronger than when artificial contraception isn't banned?

Q14. I'd like to know what percent of Catholic couples use NFP and whether they are ever asked to question global and national carrying capacity?

Q15. Yes, I would like to see how the Anglican Communion addresses global population concerns differently in their formal resolutions, and I would also like to know what happens when most married Catholics are living in chronic contraceptive sin - how does this impact the psychological health of a Church already wracked by a massive sexual abuse scandal?

Q16. Is Pope Leo XIV addressing the catastrophic contraception credibility gap, or is he taking a soft line against the IRGC as if he were President Trump's better or some other temporal leader?

Q17. Pope Leo XIV supports bans on contraception - does he support Iran's mandatory head covering laws as well, and is that why he favors dialogue with a regime that killed tens of thousands of its own peacefully protesting citizens and deprived them [all] of internet access?

Q18. If regional players and Iran do the right thing, why should Pope Leo fear a spiral of violence? Do critics argue that his bother sides approach gives Tehran moral cover?

Q19. Coming from a non-vegan Pope who militantly opposes a modern human right to contraception, yes, this lop-sided pacifism surprises me!

Again, here is the full thread with Gemini's answers:


Grace and peace.

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