Catholic Church

By Msgr. Charles Pope, EWTN News, July  23, 2019 - While I would like to see the eastward orientation restored, I am aware that many, even among doctrinally strong Catholics, are uneasy about the move. Further, many bishops remain unconvinced of its merits and see the push from individual priests as hostile to liturgical unity in their diocese. That a priest is permitted by the norms to say Mass ad orientem is beyond dispute, but bishops must often field complaints and do have an interest in ensuring that liturgical practice in their diocese not become divided by numerous idiosyncrasies.

By Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, The Stream - My organization, the Ruth Institute has a special interest in this study. These results are completely consistent with the results of Fr. Paul Sullins’ second report, Receding Waves: Child Sex Abuse and Homosexual Priests since 2000. Fr. Sullins is no slouch. He holds a doctorate in sociology and taught at Catholic University of America. He finds that recently ordained clergy are less likely to be abusers, and less likely to have male victims. Priests ordained within the last 10 years of his data collection are more likely to be orthodox, faithful and chaste.

By Fr. Richard Heilman - We have been exposed to historic evil since October 5, 2017. Many feel this is “new evil.” It is not. This is evil that was allowed to flourish and grow under the cover of darkness … until now! And, I believe this “panicked evil” is now “firing back” with everything it has. In other words, it is “overreaching!” This is exposing it even more, and causing Satan to self-destruct… As I said, Satan is throwing everything at us in order to regain the power he feels he is losing. Will he regain it? That’s where you and I come in. This is happening under our watch. This is the hand you and I have been dealt. God is calling us to fight!

By Fr. Mike Schmitz, Ascension Presents - Knowledge is always good, but St. Thomas Aquinas said curiosity—or the fickle pursuit of unnecessary knowledge—can be a vice. What he meant, and what Fr. Mike means here, is that the methods by which we feed our curiosity, and our motivation for feeding it, can lead to vice if we just want to know something instead of pursuing what we need to know…