Catholic Church

By James A. Hamel, First Things - Young priests, I salute you! Thank you for taking on a harder mission than was required of previous generations of priests. And though you may feel called to stay “in the trenches” of parish life, I further challenge you to consider serving the Lord, and your fellow citizens, as a military chaplain. The need for good priests like yourselves in our military has never been greater. Aim High!

By Bishop Martin Anwel Mtumbuka, Complicit Clergy, YouTube - Here's an example of a REAL bishop who shows concern for his flock.  Bishop Martin Anwel Mtumbuka, Bishop of the diocese of Karonga, Malawi, delivered this powerful homily during the Christmas Vigil liturgy on December 24, 2023at St Anne's Parish (Chiluma). Bishop Mtumbuka responds to the Declaration on the Pastoral Meaning of Blessings (Fiducia Supplicans). The Bishop has since asked the faithful in the Diocese to ignore the document in its entirety.

By Patrick O'Hearn, Catholic Exchange - Although not explicitly mentioned in Humanae Vitae, a fifth prophecy has unfolded before our eyes: women abdicating their duties to raise and educate their children in the Catholic Faith, especially as it pertains to homeschooling. Repugnance toward homemaking and educating one’s children is a byproduct of contraception, one of her most pernicious fruits. ...

By Fr. Dwight Longenecker - The recent document Fiducia Supplicans signed off by Pope Francis is probably the most disastrous piece of work in what will be seen as the worst papacy in the 20th-21st centuries... What interests and concerns me is the totally hamfisted, incompetent, naive and blind handling of this topic. What on earth was Cardinal Fernandez thinking? That this would be hailed as a constructive, radical contribution to the debate on the pastoral handling of issues in human sexuality? .....