Catholic Church

September 9, 2019

A Wedding Homily: “Pray Your Rosary”, by Mike Bonifas

By Mike Bonifas, Those Catholic Men - My homily for Chris and Rachel—and for all of us—today revolves around prayer… Some folks, when they hear the word prayer, think that prayer is mainly about asking for favors. But there is a much deeper kind of prayer… There is the kind of prayer of remembering, for instance… And the prayer of gratitude… And, sometimes, we join them together.

September 9, 2019

Opinion: ‘This Pontificate Is Worse Than the Falklands War’: What One Hears in Buenos Aires, by George Neumayr

By George Neumayr, American Spectator - Far from reviving Catholicism in Buenos Aires, this pontificate has deflated it. “Immediately after his election church attendance seemed to go up a little bit,” said one Argentine Catholic. “But now it has gone down. Parishes which once had perpetual Eucharistic adoration no longer have it. The situation in Buenos Aires has gone from bad to worse.” Another Argentine Catholic tells me, “I stopped going to daily Mass because the quality of it has become such a joke.”

September 9, 2019

How Should the Catholic Church Interact With Science?III St. John Paul II’s Rapprochement, by Bob Kurland

By Bob Kurland, Catholic Stand - Let me add: the term “rapprochement” has been chosen with care: “an establishment or resumption of harmonious relations”… The term is applied to peace treaties after a state of war, and although the Catholic Church has not declared war on science, there are those scientists who do think there is such a war, and there are those advocates of scientism—that science explains all we need to know about the world—who have declared war on the Church. These last ignore the founding contribution of the Church to the establishment of science…

September 9, 2019

CNA: Suit Challenges Religious Liberty of Catholic Hospitals Over Assisted Suicide

Catholic News Agency - A Colorado man with cancer along with his doctor have filed a suit last month against a health system run by the Catholic Church. The suit alleges that hospital policy barring doctors from participating in assisted suicide violates state law… Cornelius “Neil” Mahoney, 64, was told July 16 that his cancer was incurable and he would be expected to die within 4-14 months, depending on his treatment, according to a suit filed Aug. 21 in the Arapahoe County District Court by Mahoney and his doctor.