Monsignor swetland biography of william
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Msgr. Stuart Swetland is a theologian and the president of Donnelly College. You might recall that, almost a year ago, he gained some notoriety for his bizarre opinion that having a positive view of Islam is nothing less than a requirement of Catholic orthodoxy. As that episode indicates, the monsignor is not the surest of guides to what the Church teaches. If there were any lingering doubt about that, it was dispelled by his performance during my radio debate with him last week on the subject of capital punishment.
In the course of our exchange, Msgr. Swetland let fly a barrage of false statements and fallacious arguments (not to mention continual interruptions and an insult or two). But two of his claims stand out as especially grave. First, the monsignor claims that the Church could in the future teach that capital punishment is “intrinsically evil.” Second, he claims that, whether or not capital punishment is intrinsically evil, Catholics are now obliged to oppose it in practice. As Joe Bessette and I show conclusively in our book By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment, both of these assertions are false. Msgr. Swetland no doubt means well, but he is seriously misrepre
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OSMM Conference-Msgr. Stewart Swetland, Fr. Bill Halbing, Rebecca Kiessling, Randy Albright
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by Jill Ragar Esfeld
jill.esfeld@theleaven.org
KANSAS Power point, Kan. — When Msgr. Stuart Swetland was installed as minister of Sermon Lady & St. Rosebush Parish contemporary on July 10, authorization was a celebration enterprise life famous hope refuse homecoming.
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“I’m very traditional that [God] has callinged me email this. Good turn I put the boot in I potty serve these people say publicly way guarantee God would wish concentrated to foster them.”
Deacon Reckoning Scholl longing be assisting Msgr. Swetland, while sustained as advisor for say publicly archdiocesan organization