Catholic Church

March 16, 2019

Pope Francis Shows No Regret Over a Shocking Appointment, by Phil Lawler

By Phil Lawler, CatholicCulture - Cardinal Danneels was Archbishop of Brussels for more than 30 years. In all that time, did he do nothing more memorable than serve as president of the episcopal conference and participate in Synod meetings? And why does the Pope make a special mention of those very controversial Synod meetings in 2014 and 2015? If Cardinal Danneels made any noteworthy statement during those sessions, it escaped my notice.

March 16, 2019

Fr. Dwight Longenecker: The Church Malignant

By Fr. Dwight Longenecker - When we are fully baptized in the Holy Spirit, the malignancy is healed and we are driven not by an inner resentment and rage, but by the Spirit of Christ himself… How can you tell the difference?.. By their fruit you shall know them… The symptom of the malignancy is hatred, anger, restlessness, impatience, rudeness, suspicion, selfishness, violence and tantrums… The fruit of the Spirit is different… “the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”

March 16, 2019

Fr. John A. Perricone: What in the World Is a “Worship Space”?

By Fr. John A. Perricone, Crisis Magazine - Euphemisms are de rigeur for revolutionaries. Communist states call themselves “people’s republics.” When they instigate conflicts, they are called “wars of liberation.” Abortionists call their abattoirs “pregnancy centers” and their executions “terminations.” Most currently, surgeons call sexual mutilation “gender reassignment.” All of this a clever strategy to stave off natural human revulsion so that after a sufficient passage of time the moral sense is deadened.

March 16, 2019

Msgr. Charles Pope: You Now Have Five Seconds to Comply – Judgment in a Commercial

By Msgr. Charles Pope - However, all of these are earthly deadlines. Sadly, one of the most fundamental deadlines facing all of us is among the most ignored. It is a deadline in the most literal sense of the word: each of us will die one day. With few exceptions, the exact moment and manner of our death is unknown to us and outside our control.