Catholic Church

By Kevin Jones, CNA - After years in decline, Catholic clergy sex abuse could be on the rise again, warns a professor-priest’s analysis of relevant data... The professor’s report sees a rising trend in abuse, and argues that the evidence strongly suggests links between sexual abuse of minors and two factors: a disproportionate number of homosexual clergy, and the manifestation of a “homosexual subculture” in seminaries.

By Fr. Ed Broom, OMV, Catholic Exchange - The most important moment in our life is the very moment that we die. This will determine our destiny for all eternity. Either we will be saved or damned. Either we will be with God for all eternity or we will be lost for all eternity. The best way for all of us to have a holy death is to right now and until we die prepare for a holy and happy death.

By Deusvult, St. Mary of Pine Bluff Catholic Church - Father Chad Ripperger’s Nov. 3 talk at St. Mary of Pine Bluff, WI speaks on the "Levels of Spiritual Warfare" is now available for video replay. Fr. Ripperger spoke to an overflow crowd at St. Mary of Pine Bluff Catholic Church on how evil manifests itself and what the faithful can do to combat it.   

By William Kilpatrick, Crisis Magazine - Well, the hour is here, but where’s the man? That’s what many Catholics must be wondering. The Church is in the midst of what may be the worst crisis of its existence, yet, the man of the hour is nowhere in sight. The pope and the men around him—the ones we would ordinarily expect to lead us out of the crisis—are the ones who have led us into it....