Catholic Church

September 7, 2021

Live the ‘Joseph Option’, by Joseph Pronechen

By Joseph Pronechen, EWTN NEWS - As this Year of St. Joseph brings long overdue attention to St. Joseph, attention he so richly deserves, one of the new books devoted to this beloved saint — Through the Heart of St. Joseph by Benedictine Father Boniface Hicks — takes a slightly different route, presenting the whys and ways we should turn to St. Joseph that eventually leads to something unique that he calls living a “Joseph Option.”

September 7, 2021

The Virtue of Courtesy, by Donald DeMarco

By DeMarco, Donald, Catholic Education Resource Center - Human beings need to be acknowledged as having a value that has absolutely nothing to do with efficiency. They need to be honored as human beings. Courtesy does this. It is the entrance-level virtue that acknowledges that the other human being is worthy of being honored simply because he is a human being.

September 7, 2021

Bishops, Politicians, Abortion, and a Witch-Hunt, by Phil Lawler

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - The rhetorical battle among the American Catholic bishops is heating up. Sooner or later, some bold bishop is actually going to do something about Catholic politicians who promote unrestricted abortion... Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco has once again challenged those politicians—and his fellow bishops—with an op-ed that appeared in the Washington Post. Decrying the continued slaughter of the unborn, he wrote ...

September 7, 2021

Msgr. Charles Pope: The Lord Gives a Well-Trained Tongue – A Homily for the 23rd Sunday of the Year

By Msgr. Charles Pope - The Gospels do not simply tell us stories of people who lived thousands of years ago; they tell us our story, and this Sunday’s Gospel is no different. We encounter a deaf man with a speech impediment living in a pagan land; this man represents each of us. If you are prepared to accept it, you are also Jesus, for His story and His work are largely yours as well.