Editorials of Interest
Letters from the Synod 2019 #4 - First Things
George Weigel delivers the opening address at a conference hosted by the Thomistic Institute at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in anticipation of the canonization of John Henry Newman.
Letters from the Synod 2019 #5 - First Things
Eco-theology of a liberationist sort intersects at Synod-2019 with what can only be described as a kind of embarrassment at the history of evangelization in Latin America.
Letters from the Synod 2019 #6 - First Things
George Weigel talks about the shift from man as "ruler" of creation to "guest" on Earth, and Anna Halpine of the World Youth Alliance talks about the Human Dignity Curriculum and Fertility Education and Medical Management.
Letters from the Synod 2019 #7 - First Things
Mary Rice Hasson writes about the topic of "women" which has surfaced regularly in discussions at the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Pan-Amazonia Region.
The Amazon Synod is a sign of the times - First Things
The church "called to be ever more synodal," to be "made flesh" and "incarnated" in existing cultures, is a Bergoglian church. And this church, not to put too fine a point on it, is not the Catholic Church. It is a false church.
The U.S. Bishops and Vatican Heartburn - Russell Shaw
"I expect this will cause a bit of heartburn at the Civiltà Cattolica," a man who writes about Church affairs recently remarked to a colleague.
Holiness for Busy Moms - Catholic Exchange
I would love to go to daily Mass every day, but it isn't what God is asking of me right now. He's asking for me to give myself — my whole self — in a very different way.
The Apostolate of Example - Spiritual Direction
There is no one who cannot contribute to the spiritual good of his neighbor by giving the example of a life which is integrally Christian: holding to the principles one has professed and faithfully fulfilling one's duties.
Ideology is Moral Blindness - Crisis Magazine
Allegiance to an ideology like political correctness, or simply the desire to be on the "cutting edge," can be self-defeating.
"Celibacy isn't the problem" - CWR
"I don't see celibacy as a main problem, the problem is we need more ordained. There is a lack of holiness and scandals which prevent people from following the path [to vocation]."
Being Christ's bride in the world - OSV
An espousal to Jesus Christ is a marriage that endures even in heaven, and spiritual motherhood means an ever-expanding family, welcoming and nurturing the spiritual lives of many.
Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman and
Saint Justin Martyr, pray for us |