Catholic Church

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - Today’s news that the Vatican has approved the baptism of transsexuals bears all the earmarks of the current papacy. The statement from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith does not directly contradict prior authoritative statements of Church doctrine or discipline. But it gives every indication that pastors who ignore the rules will have nothing to fear from Rome... The statement, issued in October by Cardinal Victor Fernandez, also gives the Catholic world another indication of what we can expect from the Vatican’s doctrinal office, now that the Pope’s favorite theologian is in charge.

By John Gravino, Patheos - Although Charles Curran is no longer allowed to teach Catholic theology, we are all about to become his students, thanks to the upcoming global synod. The condemned theology textbook Human Sexuality “credited” Curran for an innovative interpretation of natural law. And, as you will see in this article, voting members of the synod are in love with Curran’s innovations. For those of you unfamiliar with natural law, let me get you up to speed.

By Dr. Donald DeMarco, Catholic Exchange - The saint, though properly admired and praised, tends to elude us because of his or her remoteness.  We often fail to imitate what we regard as unreachable.  But those who were saints did not, prior to their canonization, find that goal to be unreachable.  Are we any different, we pre-saints?  Let us remove their halos, for a bit of dusting, and bring the saints down to earth a little so that we are in a better position to imitate them.  We should regard them as kindred spirits.