Catholic Church

By Travis Curtright, Crisis Magazine - should we understand today’s crisis in the Church as an imminent danger to her? Or, in terms of More’s tropological claim, are we witnessing in our own times a reenactment of Christ’s agony? Or, by way of historical parallel, is the current situation grounds for another schism of the kind More encountered? Finally, in a personal sense, if Christ’s agony is under way once again, what is our part in the story?

By Dorothy Cummings McLean, LifeSiteNews - Pope Francis’ praise of Cardinal Wuerl for his “nobility” and “docility to the Spirit” in his letter accepting the Cardinal’s resignation signals that Francis is “not the Pope to clean out the stables”... Wuerl’s resignation comes in the wake of a barrage of allegations that he mishandled and covered up instances of criminal sexual abuse by priests while he was bishop of Pittsburgh, from 1988-2006. In a sweeping grand jury report on criminal sexual abuse released on August 14, Wuerl was mentioned some 200 times.

By Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register - Professor Janet Smith… explained that sexuality is “one of the foremost challenges” youth face today in a “culture that thinks that sex is of no great import.”… “The culture advances a soulless kind of sex because it has adopted the view of sex that is fostered by contracepted sex — sex without responsibility,” Smith said… In today’s society, it “doesn't matter with whom you engage in sex as long as it is more or less consensual,” Smith continued.

By Randy Hain, Integrated Catholic - As I pondered the obstacles keeping me from Christ, and those shared by other Catholic men I have encountered over the years since my conversion into the Church, it was very convicting and challenging as I was reminded of where I continually fall short. Yet, reflecting on this list has also inspired me and I try to reflect on how to overcome these obstacles during my daily prayer time....