Catholic Church

April 4, 2024

Trumpite Evangelicalism or Bidenist Catholicism? by Carl R. Trueman

By Carl R. Trueman, First Things - Cultural times are hard for traditional Christians. American evangelicalism has proved a fruitful target for those both outside and inside the church who want to stir up popular panic about Christian nationalism, racism, homophobia, and all the other ill-defined but nonetheless mortal sins of our day. Evangelicalism is presented as the root of all contemporary evils. Donald Trump’s recent hawking of a Bible bound together with America’s founding documents simply adds fuel to this fire. But in a week where it seemed that Trump’s would be the most blasphemous action of a leading politician, President Biden outdid him at the last minute ....

April 4, 2024

‘Me First’ to ‘Family First’: Brad Wilcox ‘Gives Voice to the Value of Marriage’, by Joan Frawley Desmond

By Joan Frawley Desmond, EWTN News - W. Bradford Wilcox, by contrast urges the young to drop a “me first” approach to love and marriage in favor of a “family first” path to the altar. In his latest book, Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization (HarperCollins), the University of Virginia sociologist, who also serves as director of the National Marriage Project, deploys a trove of research and data to back his claim that marriage and children bring personal fulfillment. ...

April 4, 2024

Archbishop Aguer: Church Leaders Are Failing to Preach the Gospel to Young People

By Archbishop Héctor Aguer, LifeSiteNews - It is therefore not a matter of dreaming, but of being. As the popular saying goes, “dreaming costs nothing.” On the other hand, being a good Christian person costs an application of, and steadfastness in, faith. These subjects can be approached with simplicity and in a language adapted to the understanding of children. Like good catechesis, it makes the kerygma, the proclamation of Christ, resound.

April 4, 2024

French Government Cracks Down on Priest Who Said Homosexual Relations Are Sinful, by Walter Sánchez Silva

By Walter Sánchez Silva for Catholic News Agency - The French government has initiated a series of legal measures against Father Matthieu Raffray for calling homosexual relations sinful and for describing homosexuality as a “weakness.”... On March 15, the priest of the Institute of the Good Shepherd — created in 2006 in Rome for “the defense and dissemination of Catholic Tradition in all its forms,” according to the website of this society of apostolic life — posted a video on Instagram in which he encouraged the faithful to fight against their weaknesses.