Catholic Church

By Michael Haynes, LifeSiteNews - Financial records from the Archdiocese of Washington have revealed that disgraced the former Archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, received over $2 million last year for “continuing ministry activities” in his retirement... The Pillar first reported how Wuerl had received $2,012,639 for what was described as “continuing ministry activities” during the fiscal year 2020. The figure had risen from the previous year, which saw $1,488,059 channelled to the “Archbishop Emeritus.”

By Joseph Enders, Church Militant - A growing trend in religious circles is the rise of the so-called religious left. They adhere to radical social doctrines of Liberation Theology, black theology and feminist theology — all three of which reject crucial parts of Catholic Church teaching... This rise can be attributed to the Marxist radicalization of academia, which came to America in the form of the Frankfurt School, a group of Jewish Marxist intellectuals who escaped Nazi Germany in the 1930s.

By Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic Thing - We often refer to St. Joseph as the “foster father” or “guardian” of our Lord. Echoing Scripture, we maybe even say that he was “reputed” to have been Jesus’s father. Many saints and popes have used similar expressions, which are true, so far as they go. But they fail to get at the fullness of St. Joseph’s paternity.

By Francis X. Maier, The Catholic Thing - Charles Chaput retired as Philadelphia’s archbishop exactly one year ago, and for him at least, it’s been a quiet and very private twelve months.  Private, but not unproductive.  Henry Holt Ltd, an imprint of Macmillan, will publish his latest book – Things Worth Dying For: Thoughts on a Life Worth Living – on March 16.