Catholic Bishops’ Support For Open Borders Hides Self-Serving Politics
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops recently rewrote a quadrennial advisory for Catholic voters. The timing appears geared toward influencing the 2018 midterms.
Prime Minister: Catholic Hospitals Will Now Be Forced To Perform Abortions In Ireland
While many conservatives predicted Ireland’s abortion ban repeal would lead to the loss of other freedoms, it’s surprising how quickly it’s happening.
Yes, Suicide Hurts Those It Leaves Behind, And That’s One Reason Not To Do It
Catholic doctrine and a slew of mental health professionals tell me that he was beyond rational thought, and I concede the point intellectually. But I can’t emotionally.
What Happened When 3 Women Faced Deep Suffering Rather Than Abort Their Children
The grace of each woman’s decision throws into relief the lurid jubilation in Ireland over the results of the May 25 referendum.
What Ireland’s Vote On The Abortion Referendum Means For Them And Us
If the Eighth Amendment is repealed, Ireland will take a giant leap backwards, ironically in the name of progress.
Ukraine’s Experience With A Puppet Church Prefigures Francis’s Capitulation To Communist China
In the judgment of both regimes, a substitute for the church, whether Orthodox or Roman Catholic, would gradually eliminate Christianity by attrition.
Debate Over Kidnapping A Jewish Boy Revives Questions About Catholicism’s Compatibility With Political Liberty
If the forcible removal of baptized children from non-Catholic parents was just in the nineteenth century, it remains, in principle, no less so today.
Notre Dame’s Identity Crisis Over Contraception Isn’t New, Or Going Away
Notre Dame has been in turmoil over whether to pay for artificial contraceptives. Last week the university changed policy for the third time this academic year.
Pope Francis’s Capitulation To Communist China Betrays His People And Faith
Far from making life easier for Chinese Catholics, accepting Communist control of their bishops disheartens and oppresses them further.
By Accepting Communist-Chosen Bishops, Pope Francis Betrays Chinese Christians
On this particular Ash Wednesday, millions of Catholic faithful in mainland China have an extra reason to pray for God’s mercy: their earthly leader, Pope Francis, has betrayed them.
Georgetown University To Offer ‘Jesuit-Approved’ LGBTQ-Only Housing
The once-eminent Jesuit university has approved a queer-only campus residence. Georgetown officials crow this ‘is in keeping with our Catholic and Jesuit values.’
The Vatican’s Créche Is Bad, But Not For Celebrating Homosexuality
The créche is an 800-year-old emblem of divinity ushered into time and history. It is a theological symbol, not a political one.
John Henry Newman On ‘Good Tidings Of Great Joy To All People’
Cardinal John Henry Newman is known for his voluminous literary works and contributions to theology, religious reform, and education. Here we present one of his Christmas sermons
Turns Out Notre Dame Isn’t That Interested In Catholicism Or Religious Liberty After All
Why should courts take religious freedom more seriously, given that Notre Dame administrators have effectively admitted their conscience claims were unserious?
Two Catholic Heavyweights Debate The Value And Limits Of The Free Market
At a time when many Catholics are troubled by the ideas of a next-generation pope with a Twitter account, these questions and arguments are of extraordinary importance.
George Weigel Illuminates Pope John Paul II And His ‘Witness To The Witness’
In George Weigel’s latest biography of John Paul II, he contemplates how his own life intersected with the historically consequential pope and provides ‘Lessons in Hope’ along the way.
How Roman Catholicism Can Get Protestantism Back To Its Reformation Roots
Protestant churches will claim a doctrinally correct view of justification, but what the doctrine means has no bearing on their worship practices. Not so with many Catholics.
What Mark Driscoll Should Have Tweeted About Saint Mary To Comfort Guilty Moms
By saying that Mary’s failings weren’t enough to derail her son’s development, Mark Driscoll accepted the Catholic premise that Christ’s work was dependent on Mary’s moral state, rather than on his nature alone.
New York Times Joins Campaign Against Catholic Judicial Nominee
The New York Times attempts to exculpate the senators who grilled Seventh Circuit juicial nominee Amy Coney Barrett by blaming Barrett for their questions.
Catholic Order Embraces Euthanasia In The Name Of Alleviating ‘Mental Suffering’
Euthanasia is on the rise in Belgium, and around the world, prompting a Catholic charity to terminate the sufferer in order to eradicate suffering.
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