October 24, 2019
by Fr. Tim McCauley
Throughout his papacy, Pope Francis has warned of the return of the ancient heresy of Pelagianism. Pelagius was a fourth-century monk who believed that the human will is capable of attaining perfection apart from God’s grace. In Evangelii Gaudium, Pope Francis writes of the “self-absorbed promethean neo-pelagianism of those who ultimately trust in their own [...]
October 3, 2014
by Richard Becker
"Stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours." ~ St. Paul to the Thessalonians A former student of mine is thinking of becoming a Catholic, and she had a question for me. “I don’t understand the deuterocanonical books,” she ventured. [...]
October 21, 2008
by John Zmirak
A neglected Catholic poet of the 1970s, Kinky Friedman, wrote movingly of the Resurrection in a tender Easter ballad -- frequently used at conservative Novus Ordo parishes as a post-Communion hymn -- which concludes with this envoi: Oh, let's get high on Jesus, high on Jesus, They tried to put His body under ground. Flashing [...]
