Catholic Church

May 22, 2018

Five Images of the Holy Spirit from Scripture

By Msgr. Charles Pope - Thus, God the Holy Spirit, like a Holy Fire, is within us. It is changing and transforming us, burning away sin, refining us, enlightening us, stirring the flame of God’s love in us, and bringing us up to the temperature of God’s glory. He is kindling a fire that gives light and warmth in our darkest and coldest moments. Little by little we become a burning furnace of God’s love and we give warmth to those around us.

May 22, 2018

Rev. James V. Schall, S.J.: On Who Celebrates the Liturgy

By Rev. James V. Schall, S.J., The Catholic Thing - What the Mass is was handed down to them at their ordination. The bishops in communion with Rome are responsible for preserving its truth, order, and beauty. The priest is but an obedient servant. The Mass is not an arena in which he is to display his splendid personality.

May 22, 2018

Opinion by Patrick J. Buchanan: Can a Pope Change Moral Truth?

By Patrick J. Buchanan, CNSNews - Said Cardinal Gerhard Muller: "It is the Marxist pattern according to which reality does not create thinking, but thinking creates its own reality. He who does not accept this created reality is to be considered as being sick…. "It is as if one could influence an illness with the help of the police or with the help of courts. In the Soviet Union, Christians were put into psychiatric clinics. These are the methods of totalitarian regimes, of National Socialism and of Communism."

May 22, 2018

Fr. Raymond J. de Souza: ‘Gay Doesn’t Matter’ Remark Continues ‘Shadow Magisterium’

By Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Catholic Register - Pope Francis has pioneered a new form of papal teaching, massively influential but officially non-existent. It is something of a shadow magisterium, but on occasion it shines a brighter light than the official magisterium... The latest example regards the nature of homosexuality. Juan Carlos Cruz, one of the Chilean sexual abuse victims who spent several days with Pope Francis in April, related the following from his conversations with the Holy Father about being gay....