Catholic Church

November 18, 2019

Pew: Religious Americans Distrust Clergy Advice on Climate Change, by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.

By Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D, Breitbart - A full 68 percent of U.S. adults who attend religious services at least a few times a year say they have “a lot” of confidence in the advice of their clergy on growing closer to God, yet just a small fraction of this number (13 percent) say they have this confidence when the topic is climate change, Pew found… When expanded to include those who have “a lot or some” confidence in the ability of their clergy to guide them, 92 percent of religious Americans say they have confidence in this for growing closer to God, yet fewer than half (49 percent) say they have a lot or even some confidence when the topic is climate change.

November 18, 2019

Francis Church Strains at the Gnat and Swallows the Camel, by George Neumayr

By George Neumayr, American Spectator - Earlier this year, James Grein, the primary victim of Theodore McCarrick, reported that he had also been abused by Joseph Bernardin, the late cardinal of Chicago. Grein said the abuse took place in Wisconsin at Lake Geneva. As Grein was swimming, McCarrick pulled down his swimsuit and Bernardin groped him. The accusation received zero coverage in the mainstream media, which continues to treat the politically liberal Bernardin as a canonized figure…. In light of all of this, one might have thought that the USCCB would rename its “Cardinal Bernardin Leadership Award,” which honors outstanding youth. But it didn’t. It gave the award out again this year — to a young “immigrant mother” who advocates for amnesty.

November 18, 2019

Archives: Why Go to Mass (The Sacrifice That Transcends Time)? by Marcellino D’Ambrosio

By Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Catholic Answers - It is offered both at weddings and funerals. In most places, it is available every day. But on Sunday, it is an obligation to attend… We are speaking of what Catholics call the Mass, aka the Eucharist or the divine liturgy. For Catholics, there is no other religious service more important. But the majority of baptized Catholics around the world simply don’t see the need to attend. In France, there are more Muslims going to mosques on Friday that there are Catholics going to Mass on Sunday. In the U.S., only about 24 percent of Catholics attend Sunday Mass.

November 16, 2019

Pope Francis Proposes Adding ‘Ecological Sin’ Against ‘Common Home’ to Catechism, by Dorothy Cummings McLean

By Dorothy Cummings McLean, LifeSiteNews - Pope Francis said today that he is thinking about adding the “‘ecological sin’ against our common home” to the Catechism of the Catholic Church… "We have to introduce―we are thinking about it―to the Catechism of the Catholic Church the sin against ecology, the 'ecological sin' against our common home, because a duty is at stake," Pope Francis told his hearers. The Argentinian pontiff made the remark in a speech he gave today to the 20th World Congress of the International Association of Penal Law in Rome… Top Catholic thinkers, however, told LifeSiteNews that it’s impossible for man to sin against inanimate objects such as the earth or the environment, but only against God and those created in His image… “There is no possible sin against planet Earth,” Dr. Peter Kwasniewski said.