Catholic Church

By Fr. Boniface Ramsey, The Priest Magazine - Not so long ago, a priest friend of mine who knew of my interest in the early Church asked me if I could think of anything from Christian antiquity that might be as scandalous as what we have been experiencing in the Church of 2018 — battered by allegations of depravity and mendacity at the highest levels. I managed to come up with the election of Pope Damasus, who became bishop of Rome in 366....

By Leila Miller, Catholic Answers - We should do our best to protect our children’s innocence and not put them in a situation where they will be exposed to a distortion of marital love, be it same-sex attractions, polyamory, cohabitation, or the like. Sometimes this means making difficult choices that will result in our being socially shamed and rejected, which is why (if we are honest) many parents start to go along with the culture instead of gently but courageously speaking out against it.

By Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Patheos - In 1976 on a visit to the US, then Cardinal Karol Wotyla made these observations in a speech: We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has gone through. I do not think that wide circles of American society or wide circles of the Christian community realize this fully. We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the anti-Church, of the Gospel versus the anti-Gospel... “We must be prepared to undergo great trials in the not-too-distant future; trials that will require us to be ready to give up even our lives, and a total gift of self to Christ and for Christ....

Fr. Mark Goring, Companions of the Cross, Catholic Charismatic Center, Director