Casting Down the Strange Gods
Catholics who feel somewhat cast adrift in the choppy waters of modernism and innovation would do well to make Mother Francis’ acquaintance.
Catholics who feel somewhat cast adrift in the choppy waters of modernism and innovation would do well to make Mother Francis’ acquaintance.
A few years ago, I noticed a certain frostiness from my long-time friend. He would not answer my emails and would not pick up the phone.
A theology of “partial” or “imperfect” communion actually dates back long before Vatican II.
Eucharistic adoration seems so passive, without purpose, functionless, and is written off as Catholic superstition. But it reflects the unitive love between Christ and the believer.
How do we properly interpret Church texts when there are so many competing interpretations of them within Catholicism today?
The rise of the New Atheists in the early 2000’s led to a steep decline in religious affiliation in America. How will the Church respond?
With a sound strategy, discipline, and a little luck, corralling your kids at Mass will win a decisive victory for the souls of your children, albeit after suffering severe casualties in the first waves.
In light of the extremity of the German bishops’ message, why is so much discourse around Catholic doctrine and departure from it surrounded with so much politesse and restraint?
True manhood is not found in comparison to my fellow man, it is found in being a child of God the Father.
Women, especially young women, who have left the convent require a special kind of pastoral care, which is very different from working with married couples or families.
The story of Zeus forcing himself upon Leda contrasts sharply with the invitation of the true God to the young girl of Nazareth.
The counterfactual optimism of heretics keeps them in the Church while working to destroy it.
The common post-conciliar understanding of “communion,” taken to its logical conclusion, often ends in absurdities.
For anyone who understands the principles underlying Protestant definitions and interpretations of Holy Scripture, radical pro-transgender Protestants should not be all that surprising.
Is it okay to engage in “parish tasting?” Or should we stick with our local parish, no matter what?
Abortion is the natural end of a contraceptive mentality, and Plan B serves as an icon of the relationship between contraception and abortion.
What young people need most right now is not so much understanding, compassion, antidepressants, or therapy; they need a good belly laugh, preferably at their own expense.
The winners of the recent Pontifical Academies Sacred Architecture Award speak in a thing I shall call The Language of No.
Surrogacy creates a fake and contrived unreality: it rejects the fundamental relationship between intercourse and procreation.