1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (514+ words) Bishop Martin of Charlotte is seeking to impose 'a year as a layman' before priestly ordination. This is like an engaged man living an additional year as a bachelor before his wedding day. One of the measures of the success…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (376+ words) Our Bishop didn't just close and sell our church, he swindled parishioners into paying for what turned out to be capital improvements to make the sale more lucrative. With all the church closings, clustering, and twinning, alongside the seemingly endless…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (397+ words) The poverty and humility of Christ is best understood not simply by contemplating his life after the incarnation, but by understanding what He gave up to suffer and die for us. On leaving Rome in 1223, St. Francis of Assisi made…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (889+ words) A reunification of Orthodoxy with Catholicism could remind each of what was lost in the schism. Leo and Bartholomew in Nicaea A reunification of Orthodoxy with Catholicism could remind each of what was lost in the schism. The modern pursuit…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (1092+ words) The "Synodal Church" attempts to eradicate the hierarchical structure of the Church as instituted by Christ, replacing it with a democratic model. A small work is now circulating in the Catholic world that is shrouded in mystery. Published this fall…...

1+ mon, 6+ hour ago   (829+ words) The Catholic Church has always acknowledged the posture of kneeling as something uniquely beautiful within the context of the Holy Mass, a gesture that speaks more deeply than words. This past Sunday, I noticed something startling within the pews. After…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (173+ words) The moral framework upon which America was founded, upon which the Constitution rests, is that of Christianity. Our system of government is incapable of functioning without this framework. While our backs are turned in our preoccupation with hand-wringing about the…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (253+ words) The time has come to reeducate our bishops, beginning with how they use'and manifestly misuse'the English language. Today's churchmen will try to talk around that issue, paying lip service to Church Tradition that laws must be respected, as in these…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (295+ words) I do not have a single problem in having interreligious dialogues and encounters if they are geared to drawing Muslims (and other non-Christians) to embracing the fullness of who God is as taught by the Catholic Church. The pontiff also…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (209+ words) I was initially shocked to hear Fr. Murr say that for over six decades there has been no proper catechetical teaching in the Church. I suppose I had assumed, or at least hoped, that what I knew to be true…...