Blaming the Wartime Pope
During the second world war, Pope Pius XII was lauded for his singular efforts to halt the carnage, writes Newsweek's Kenneth Woodward.
During the second world war, Pope Pius XII was lauded for his singular efforts to halt the carnage, writes Newsweek's Kenneth Woodward.
My pilgrimage from being a homosexual-rights activist to living life as a chaste Catholic began in earnest when I read the writings of a modern-day Protestant martyr, Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Over the past nine months, the Church has given the impression that the sacraments are not all that relevant and that we have little to offer during a crisis. We must never allow this to happen again.
It is sometimes said that I chose to study for the priesthood rather than play VFL (as it then was called — the Victorian Football League).
He made some striking observations of our country: one, we have an obsession with health that makes us miserable; two, our government doesn’t represent us; three, our journalists don't tell the truth.
The essay is a call to moral courage and serves as light to all who value truth.
Among other things, the events of the past year have taught us that fear can be coercive, and that respect for authority is plummeting.
Axiom 1. The purpose of an enterprise is not to assuage or submit to the immature predispositions of its most self-centred and querulous employees.
We must do everything possible to keep Mass and the sacraments available to God's people.
Let us imagine Western civilization as a stool with three legs.