Catholic Church

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - There’s a battle brewing within the US bishops’ conference, and it could be a boon to the faithful... As our regular readers already know, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago was unhappy with the statement issued by Arch. José Gomez of Los Angeles, the president of the episcopal conference, on the election of President Biden. Archbishop Gomez was polite, but unmistakably critical of Biden’s support for abortion. The criticism did not sit well with Cardinal Cupich.

By Edward Pentin, EWTN News - Since it first came to public attention in June 2020, much discussion has surrounded the “Great Reset” — a global vision pushed by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and supported by various world leaders to rebuild a society after COVID based on greater solidarity and a more sustainable economy... More generally, critics see it as a flawed and dangerous agenda that paves the way for an autocratic global future more closely resembling the communist-capitalist system of an increasingly dominant China.

By David Carlin, The Catholic Thing - But I must admit that there is much to be said for retirement... Every so often, however, I wish to be back in a classroom for a day or two, especially when I happen to think of a question I should have asked my students but never got around to. I thought of one of those questions the other day, a question I wish I had posed to my moral philosophy class. It’s not a practical or realistic question, but it opens up theoretical vistas... It is this: “Does one have a right to sell oneself into slavery?”

By Fr. Thomas G. Morrow, Catholic Exchange - In order to exercise freedom, we must make progress in “virtue, knowledge of the good, and ascesis (self-denial)” (no. 1734). Granted, our responsibility can be reduced under certain conditions: “Imputability and responsibility for an action can be diminished or even nullified by ignorance, inadvertence, duress, fear, habit, inordinate attachments, and other psychological or social factors”