Let the Forgetting Begin
Over the length of the Francis pontificate, those with even a slight whiff of concern were labeled “anti-Francis,” or having “attacked” Francis, or had even become heretics.
Over the length of the Francis pontificate, those with even a slight whiff of concern were labeled “anti-Francis,” or having “attacked” Francis, or had even become heretics.
With Judgement imminent, we pray for a sign of repentance as Biden stares into the reflecting surface of eternity.
The Church is political because sometimes you cannot but favor one side or another in a conflict.
By virtue of their visibility, popularity, and bully pulpit, leaders can make this world substantially safer or infinitely more dangerous.
No one should be surprised by one of the recent Pew Study’s major findings, namely that “there are large divides between Catholics who attend Mass weekly and those who don’t.”
The Catholic Church needs a hero now. Nothing less will do. Pope Leo must lead a new crusade to search out the lost lambs and bring them back.
“Who do people say that I am?” – that defining question Christ put to his Apostles concerning Himself; a question everyone now seems to have an answer to concerning the present Vicar of Christ.
The Bishops of Nicaea were towering pillars of faith. We, mere shadows upon their shoulders, boast of seeing beyond their ability.
The obsession with extraterrestrial life has entered into the pews of the Catholic Church – an attractive tree that has for some become an alternative to the Gospel.
Consider that a majority of Jesus’ parables discuss money, wealth, or commerce. Our relationship to our finances obviously matter a great deal for our spiritual life.
The 20th Century is marked by the loss of voices cut short in mid-song by war.
In choosing the name Leo XIV, the new pope may be signaling that he is prepared to carry on the battle that Leo XIII waged—not with weapons of this world but with the power of truth, prayer, and a deep awareness of the spiritual struggle that undergirds every age.
Leo XIII not only wrote about modern social and economic issues, but he also wrote massively against Liberalism, Freemasonry, and the errors of modern philosophy.
Hyper-papalism can actually lead one into schism. A correct understanding along with the firm belief in the primacy of Peter will keep Catholics firmly grafted to the Barque.
“DEI,” the woke religion’s hellish moniker, is in fact a blasphemous facsimile of the Catholic Church, in word and in deed.
Pope Leo XIV has already made clear that artificial intelligence is the next great challenge for the Catholic Church. How will we respond to this transformative technology?
The alma mater of the first American Pope, Villanova University, has since abandoned its Catholic identity. Can Pope Leo XIV help to reverse this widespread trend?
Pope Leo XIV and President Trump are almost totally aligned on the bedrock moral issue of our time—the worth and dignity of the human person.
The Communist Party of China sent faithful Catholics underground. The faction in the Vatican led by McCarrick and Parolin tried to bury them. What will Pope Leo XIV do?
Having quickly risen to become the most networked Curia cardinal, will Pope Leo XIV be able to do what his predecessors couldn’t, and effectively reform the Curia?