Catholic Church

By Most Rev. Joseph Strickland, The Wanderer - One of the Promises of the Elect I made when I was ordained a bishop was a firm response to this question, posed by my ordaining cardinal: “Do you resolve to preach the Gospel of Christ with constancy and fidelity?” I responded, “I do.”... I regularly examine myself to see whether I am fulfilling this duty. Before He ascended to the Father, Jesus Christ, who is Himself the Good News, charged His disciples with these words: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations .....

By Christopher Manion, The Wanderer - Gone are the days when President Reagan’s Ambassador-At-Large Vernon Walters worked closely and quietly with Pope John Paul II to bring down the Soviet Communist regime. From all appearances, Pope Francis would rather work with Communist China to bring down the United States. After all, didn’t the Pope’s Argentine sidekick, Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, say two years ago that “right now, those who are best implementing the social doctrine of the Church are the [Communist] Chinese”?

By Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing - If I were a Catholic progressive, and someone asked me what to read to understand where the Church stands today, however, this wouldn’t be the text I would press into his hands. And it has nothing to do with liberal or conservative. With all due respect to the Holy Father, it’s all but unreadable. Only those of us who love the Church and are loyal to the pope will get through it, from duty, not intellectual or spiritual interest. And that’s a serious shortcoming for a text addressed not only to Catholics but all people of good will.