Catholic Church

By Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic Thing - Americans after the Civil War had been well trained in a very simple ethical inference. Not everyone accepted it. Not everyone felt its force consistently. Yes, there was a lot of hypocrisy and contrary social pressure. “Prejudice” still held sway. But still the skeleton of the logical inference was in place. All human beings a created equal. All are endowed with the right to life.

By Jonah McKeown, CNA - The new analysis of a study that claims to be the largest national survey of Catholic priests conducted in more than 50 years has found, among other things, that priests describing themselves as “progressive” are practically going “extinct” among U.S. seminary graduates, with the vast majority of young ordinands describing themselves as conservative and orthodox... Conducted by The Catholic Project, a research group at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., the newest release focuses on polarization, generational dynamics, and the ongoing impact of the sexual abuse crisis.

By Fr. Jeffrey Kirby, The Catholic Thing - Many believers today are beginning to wonder if the white flag of surrender has been raised by high churchmen while many of the troops – the baptized in the midst of the world – are still in the battle, fighting the good fight, and laboring for goodness and righteousness to triumph in the human heart and in society... Many baptized Christians are starting to ask, “Have we lost?” ...