Pundits from every background have suggested a plethora of quick fixes in response to the scandals that have afflicted the Church. The ordination of women, an end to celibacy, changes in the structure of Church governance, “openness” to questions of human sexuality, and more “democracy” in the Church—we’ve heard them all. But these nostrums have … Read more
This article is adapted from an address to the Women for Faith and Family and the Consortium Perfectas Caritatis. Who is called to missionary activity? The answer is quite clearly stated in the documents of the Second Vatican Council (Lumen Gentium, Unitatis Redintegration, Ad Gentes, Apostolicam Actuositatem, among others) in the apostolic exhortations Evangelii Nuntiundi … Read more
At the conclusion of his 1987 pastoral visit to the United States of America, Pope John Paul II challenged us, as Americans, to live completely the noble precepts of our Constitution by respecting the rights and dignity of every human being: “For this reason, America, your deepest identity and truest character as a nation is … Read more