How A Pope Turned Jesus’s Foster Father, Joseph, Into An Anti-Communist Icon
By acknowledging the value of labor, Pope Pius XII sought to provide the world an important counter-balance to an ascendant communism that held sway across much of the world.
Looking For A Female Role Model? Check Out Saint Catherine Of Siena
Contrary to what we’ve been told, there are other ways besides an atomistic drive for power and affluence to exemplify feminine strength and virtue.
Niche-ified Pop Culture Could Lead To Either A Renaissance Or A Dark Age
If Americans resist the urge to huddle in niches and use entertainment for validation and pleasure, they will continue progressing towards a brighter future with stronger communities.
Notre Dame’s Ruin Is A Metaphor For The Western Church
Notre Dame is, in many ways, much closer in the West’s cultural imagination to a Temple of Apollo than a home of the living God.
Notre Dame Isn’t Just A Symbol Of Western Civilization, It’s A Symbol Of Heaven
The burning of Notre Dame is not a challenge to restore a jewel of Western civilization, it’s a call to repent and believe the gospel.
Even As His Church Was Destroyed, Christ Gave Paris His Peace
Today, as if so often the case, Christ’s mercy made itself clear through a tragic loss and His followers’ power to overcome it through Him.
Dear Pope Francis: A Border Wall Is The Most Humanitarian Policy
Francis’s statement disregards not only the sovereignty of the American nation-state, but also ignorance of how generous America has been to the poor and vulnerable of the world.
Pope Francis’ Summit On Clerical Sexual Abuse Was A Charade
By ignoring the causes of the abuse crisis and refusing to address the McCarrick affair, the Vatican has undermined its credibility with a farcical summit.
California Bill Would Force Pastors And Priests To Tell What They Heard In Confession
This is an egregious overreach of secular authority, stepping into sacred religious rites, and will not protect children or stem the tide of child abuse.
The Catholic Church Should Stop Weaseling And Excommunicate Andrew Cuomo
Why aren’t bishops and cardinals more strongly considering excommunicating Cuomo from the Catholic Church, given his disdain for the sanctity of life?
Why Does Pope Francis’s New Morocco Logo Imply Submission To Islam?
Pan-religious sentimentality survives in the current pope’s apparent embrace of Islam as morally equivalent to Judeo-Christian ethos and culture.
How Ronald Reagan Helped Poland Overthrow The Evil Empire
Seth G. Jones’ engaging new history, ‘A Covert Action: Reagan the CIA and the Cold War Struggle in Poland,’ gives due credit the Catholic Church, Polish Solidarity leaders, and Ronald Reagan for overthrowing the Soviet Union.
Democrats Crusade Against Knights Of Columbus For ‘Extreme’ Works Of Christian Charity
I was concerned that such an extremist organization could exist right under my nose. I decided to use my contacts and do an investigation into this mysterious, problematic group.
Stop Weaponizing The Priest Abuse Crisis Against Catholic Theology
It’s disingenuous to link the question of papal authority to the abuse scandal, which remains a problem of conduct, not of doctrine.
The Clergy Sex Abuse Crisis Is Dredging Up An Old Heresy
Catholics leaving the church over the sex abuse crisis are giving into the false notion that the sacraments depend on blameless clerics.
Grieved Catholics Should Consider Financially Boycotting Their Church
As sex abuse runs rampant, how should faithful Catholics deal with bishops who have already deserted their flock by engaging in egregious behavior?
Francis Has Mobilized The Papacy’s Absolute Monarchy Against Justice
Fundamentally, neither bishops nor laity have any power in the government of their church. That’s leading to some huge problems as Francis works against resolving the priest abuse crisis.
Is There Any Church Abuse Too Far For The Catholic Faithful?
If matters were ‘ultimately all about’ the Eucharist, it would have to be admitted that Eastern Orthodoxy remains a perfectly legitimate option for discouraged and disillusioned Catholics.
The Bishops In Their Labyrinth
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops met in Baltimore this week hoping to address the sex abuse crisis. Instead, they made things worse.
What We All Can Learn From The Commemoration Of Saints Margaret And Elizabeth
Ours is no era of new enlightenment––the church, and Jesus himself, have been empowering and uplifting Christian women for years.
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