Catholic Church

By Stephen P. White, The Catholic Thing - This past summer, as you no doubt are aware, Pope Francis curtailed the use of the old Roman Rite (the rite formerly known as the Extraordinary Form) with the stated goal of fostering greater unity within the Church. The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has since clarified the Holy Father’s motu proprio in a manner that has dismayed devotees of the older rite.

By Msgr. Charles Pope - In these days of nearly instant information availability, we think we know a lot about people, things, and issues. Truth be told, we may know more in a quantitative sense but less in a qualitative sense. Too much information can make us less discerning...

By Kristine Christlieb, Church Militant - Since at least June, the federal government has been flying illegal immigrants from the southern border into American cities. Church Militant's Kristine Christlieb follows the jet trail... Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport is the Biden regime's latest "ghost flight" destination for illegal immigrants. They are called ghost flights because the government arrangements are often secret, on chartered flights or using military planes that arrive late at night without passenger manifests.

By Eric Sammons, Crisis Magazine - We must always keep in mind this distinction between power and authority. Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick for decades had the support of high-ranking Church officials, even though many knew of his monstrous misdeeds. Why? Because he had immense power in the Church, even after he was retired and had little to no authority.