Benedict M. Ashley

John Paul II asks that the new Catechism of the Catholic Church be received by “the pastors of the Church and the faithful in a spirit of communion and be assiduously used in accomplishing their mission of proclaiming the faith and calling all to the evangelical life.” How can we best study it in that … Read more

The negative side-effects of Vatican II resulted chiefly from our failure to educate clergy and public in its divinely inspired message. What the Council proclaimed has been heard through the distorting megaphones of the secular, religiously ignorant media. Catholic publications have delivered it in the form of ugly conservative vs. liberal polemics, more as accusation … Read more