Catholic Church

By Msgr. Charles Pope - That there is order and intelligibility to the created world is demonstrably true and denying this would seem to be the reaction of a madman. The universe shouts out, “I was planned and carefully executed; I have been intricately designed by an intelligent cause moving me in an intelligible direction!”

By John-Henry Westen, LifeSiteNews - A May 17-18 meeting at the famed Angelicum (Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas) in the heart of Rome will be home to an important strategy session on confronting the current crisis in the Catholic Church... Cardinal Raymond Burke, one of the two remaining dubia cardinals, will speak about “restoring all things in Christ.” Heroically outspoken Bishop Athanasius Schneider will speak about the “Church Militant.”

By Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Catholic Register - A delegation of German bishops will meet Thursday with heads of Vatican departments to discuss their proposal to admit to Holy Communion the Protestant spouses of Catholics, under certain circumstances. Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich favors the idea, with a majority of German bishops backing him… The meeting highlights one of the most counterintuitive aspects of this pontificate — the emphasis given to German priorities and personnel.

By Msgr. Charles Pope - My favorite description of Athanasius comes from The Holy Fire, by Robert Payne, whose writing style I just love. In my opinion he is at his best in describing St. Athanasius. Enjoy this vivid excerpt: There are times when the dark, heavy syllables of his name fill us with dread. In the history of the early Church no one was ever so implacable, so urgent in his demands upon himself, or so derisive of his enemies. There was something in him of the temper of the modern dogmatic revolutionary: nothing stopped him.