Catholic Church

By Lucia Silecchia, National Catholic Register - April 18 marks the 10th anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City... Such addresses are distinct, in that they are relatively short, are initially heard rather than read, and have a secular global audience. As did Blessed Paul VI, St. John Paul II and Pope Francis, Pope Benedict used this appearance on the world stage to address issues of great concern.

By Karl Keating, CERC - Fundamentalist attacks on the Church always come around, as they must, to the Eucharist. Keith Green devoted the first of his Catholic Chronicles to what he acknowledged to be the core devotional doctrine of Catholics, and he was smart to do so.

By Celeste Behe, National Catholic Register - Douthat’s new book, To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism offers a provocative look at Pope Francis’ efforts to liberalize the Church’s approach to morality: efforts that, according to Douthat, have thrust the Church into a state of theological crisis...

By Msgr. Charles Pope - What are some examples of diminishments we might experience? On one level, a diminishment is anything that makes us feel less adequate than others. Maybe we think others are smarter or more popular. Perhaps we do not feel attractive enough; we’re too tall, too short, too fat, or too thin. Maybe we resent the fact that others are richer or more powerful.