Catholic Church

July 2, 2018

Two Teachings on Discipleship from Jesus

By Msgr. Charles Pope - Do you love the consolations of God or the God of all consolation? Do you seek the gifts of God, or the Giver of every good and perfect gift? What if following Jesus gives you no earthly gain? What if being a disciple brings you ridicule, loss, prison, or even death? Would you still follow Him? Would you still be a disciple?

July 2, 2018

The Unobserved Anti-Christian Bias

By Robert Royal, Catholic Thing - The Supreme Court has so far been fairly good at protecting religious liberty. And if President Trump – as is highly likely – appoints another justice (or two?) to the Court, sensitive to Constitutional protections of religion, we may have at least some long-term shelter from the constant anti-Christian drumbeat in the universities, media, and Hollywood....

July 2, 2018

Laura Ingalls Wilder Isn’t ‘Inclusive’ Enough? That Misses the Point

By Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald - Now it seems that (Laura Ingalls Wilder’s series of books for children)… have fallen foul of the ever-vigilant body of people who decide what is “inclusive”, what reflects “diversity” – and what is not in step with “core values”… Because Ingalls Wilder’s attitudes to Native Americans mirrored the attitudes of her day, she occasionally included phrases and opinions that have rightly been censured in today’s more multicultural society…

July 2, 2018

Overturning Roe V. Wade

By R. R. Reno, First Things - More than sixty million abortions have been performed in America since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973. Now, perhaps, the way is clear to stop the slaughter of the innocents. Justice Anthony Kennedy has announced his retirement. When it comes to engraving the sexual revolution into our basic law, Justice Kennedy has provided the key votes, and often the rationales. Now he is leaving.... The time has come to cleanse that stain and heal that wound….