Because the Holy Ghost inspired all the poetry of the Psalms, and because the three canticles in the Gospel of Luke are each preceded by the phrase “filled with the Holy Spirit,” Pentecost is the perfect time for a poetry reading party.
Recent revelations about the Southern Baptists show that sexual abuse is not a “Catholic thing.” But it is a cultural thing and churches have been invaded by that culture of self-gratification that will take what it wants.
Most politicians are looking at the means or the opportunity behind mass shootings. Instead we need to change a culture that motivates such shootings.
As abortion increasingly roils American public life, the feast of the Visitation refutes the false prophets within Christianity, and unfortunately even Catholicism, who claim that support for abortion and Christianity are compatible.
Abominations like mass shootings lead us to look for causes in the form of racism, of guns, of media distortions, but we must resist the quick-draw realm of social media takes and their inability to distinguish between proximate and remote causes.
19 children and two adults are killed at a school shooting in Texas, Archbishop Cordileone bans Nancy Pelosi from Holy Communion, and Joe Biden promises war with China. We’ll cover that and more on today’s Crisis Weekly Wrap-Up.
Nancy Pelosi wraps her support of abortion in the mantle of the Gospel of Matthew. She stated that the parable of Chapter 25 was “the agenda of the Church and is rejected by many who side with them on terminating a pregnancy.”
There’s been great outcry and shock at Archbishop Cordileone banning Nancy Pelosi from Communion. Somehow, the Church and the world have progressed to a point where it’s unexpected for a bishop to condemn what is an obvious evil.
There seems to be a homosexual ascendancy in certain quarters of the “conservative” movement, and their influence is growing while Christians’ influence is waning.
In spite of professing to be “pro-life,” Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey has never voted in favor of the pro-life cause when his vote would swing the decision.
A new documentary attempts to cool down the “liturgy wars” while advancing the conversation in a productive way.
Abortion is a natural and necessary extension of the cult of liberated sexuality because sexuality, untethered from the moorings of community, family, and trust, increasingly loses coherence the more its paroxysms proliferate.
St. Titus Brandsma, the martyred Carmelite priest from Holland who died at Dachau in 1942, stands out as perhaps the most compelling example for Catholics concerned about the threat of state-sponsored terror and tyranny.
The culture wars may well be reflected with the release of the pro-life documentary “The Matter of Life.” Rotten Tomatoes posts a 100 percent audience approval of the film—while Facebook banned the film’s posting of paid ads.
Half a century of mass-market feminism and women’s so-called empowerment has not made women happier
The potential fall of Roe v. Wade has enraged even the pro-abortion forces north of the border, who are displaying their demonic influence for all the world to see.
Congress votes to create $40 billion to send to Ukraine, 10 are killed in mass shooting in Buffalo, and the Pennsylvania Senate Republican Primary is still up in the air. We’ll cover that and more on today’s Crisis Weekly Wrap-Up.
We now see an exodus from the parish school system to independent and classical curricula Catholic schools, schools focused on holding Catholicity at the center of their identity.
Our social media addictions are interfering with our prayer lives and, ultimately, our relationship with Christ.
There are indeed such things as moral and immoral books, whether well written or badly written. Moral books show us ourselves and our place in the cosmos.
