Catholic Church

May 24, 2018

What’s the Secret to Human Flourishing? Following God’s Law

By Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith, Catholic Herald - Just recently I took part in a meeting at which a Jewish friend spoke about the Book of Exodus. The discussion, which was part of an occasional course called “A Walking Tour through the Bible”, was extremely interesting, and as often happens, it crystallised certain thoughts of my own about just what Exodus has to tell us.

May 24, 2018

The Holy Spirit & Mary: Lessons for Pentecost

By Kathleen Beckman, Catholic Exchange - Mary is our sure path to a closer friendship with the Third Person of the Holy Trinity. At Pentecost the Blessed Virgin Mary received the Holy Spirit with unique fullness because hers is the freest human heart. The Lord promised to those who love Him: we will come to him and make our home with him (Jn 14:23).

May 24, 2018

A Primer on Communism for Fellow Traveler Bishop Sorondo

By Peter Maurice, Crisis Magazine - Today another prelate hails the reign of Christ in another atheist tyranny. Bishop Sorondo discovers “the moral leadership that others have abandoned” in The People’s Republic of China. Of all the societies in this sinful world, the same regime that leads the world in firing squad executions, that coerces women to kill their unborn children, that bulldozes churches and jails “unpatriotic” bishops, that tells peasants to forget about Jesus, for only the Party can help you—is, according to Bishop Sorondo, “the best implementer of Catholic Social Doctrine.”

May 24, 2018

What Happens in Germany

By Charles J. Chaput, First Things - Exactly 500 years after Luther’s Sermon, communion is again a matter of debate in Germany. This time the disputants are the bishops themselves. Munich’s Cardinal Reinhard Marx and other German bishops seek to allow Protestant spouses of Catholics to receive communion under certain conditions, so long as they “affirm the Catholic faith in the Eucharist.”