Catholic Church

By Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register - Is Pope Francis, through some recent comments he has made, encouraging a broader discussion of homosexuality in the consecrated and priestly life ahead of the Vatican meeting on clerical sex abuse in February?... The Vatican will host the special meeting of bishops Feb. 21-24 to address the clergy sex-abuse crisis, with an official theme of the “protection of minors and vulnerable adults.”... The question of homosexuality has so far not been raised by those preparing for the event...

By Michael Brown, The Stream - How is it that the Bible can be so clear on a particular subject — in this case, the subject of homosexual practice — and yet some Christians are not clear on what the Bible says? And why does it seem that millennials in particular are confused about the Bible and homosexuality?... We must therefore recognize moral absolutes and truth absolutes and reality absolutes. And again, we do this by being grounded in divine morality and reality. We do this by being grounded in the truth.

By Edward Sri, EWTN News - Two words about Mary from the Bible describe most of our lives in December: “in haste.”.. We run in haste to the mall, post office and grocery store. In haste, we rush to office parties and pageants. We pack the bags and the car, or race to get the house clean and ready... There are only 24 days in the month to fit everything in, so all must be done with haste. While the month of December has moments of joy, for many, words like “stressed” and “overwhelmed” more adequately describe the norm.