Catholic Church

By Katie Łastowiecka, Crisis Magazine - The thought that Christ wanted me at a time when I was so displeased with myself was sobering, relieving, and enough to inspire a few silent tears... Two years ago, about two weeks into Advent, I posed a question to my class of high school sophomores: What will you get Jesus for His birthday? We spend so much time thinking about what we will give our loved ones—we are intentional, searching for the thing that will demonstrate how well we know them and their desires.

By Larry Chapp, Catholic World Report - The moral teaching of the Church, especially on matters sexual, is undercut directly in Fiducia Supplicans, and that is not an accident... The latest document from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, titled Fiducia Supplicans (Supplicating Trust), has generated a lot of controversy since its release early Monday. And as has become more and more common these days, you find both staunch conservatives and progressive liberals agreeing that there is more to this text than meets the eye and that it does indeed represent an important shift in magisterial teaching.

By Marco Tosatti, Stilum Curiae, (Complicit Clergy) - “With the appointment of Msgr. Victor Manuel “Tucho” Fernandez at the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (now the “Dicastery”) marks the end of a historical era for the Church. The Wojtylian and Ratzingerian one according to some, the Catholic one according to the more malevolent. The fact is that the news represents a real turning point. Unlike what one might think, this is perhaps the first real turning point of the Francis era, the most incisive and representative, the most radical”.

By Joseph Matt, Publisher, The Wanderer - If one did not know any better, one would think former President Bill Clinton schooled Pope Francis with his latest document on the blessing of homosexual unions. This current disaster from Rome is filled with the usual obfuscation and confusion that we have learned to expect from the Vatican, which will only divide faithful Catholics and welcome more attacks on the Catholic faith. One only has to read the words of “Father” Jim Martin’s remarks to tell you all you need to know about this document, “a major step forward in the church’s support for LGBT people.”