Catholic Church

April 12, 2018

An Ambiguous Exhortation

By Dan Hitchens, First Things - (Gaudete et Exsultate) criticizes “doctrinal or disciplinary security,” “an obsession with the law,” “punctilious concern for … doctrine,” “dogmatism,” “hiding behind rules and regulations,” and “a rigid resistance to change,” while reprimanding those who “give excessive importance to certain rules,” overemphasize “ecclesial rules,” believe that “doctrine … is a closed system,”….

April 12, 2018

A Vulnerable Church Can Not Afford to Forget Its Enemies

By Bob Sullivan, Crisis Magazine - The damage done by relativism, contraception, abortion, no-fault and Cultural Marxism has resonated for five decades. When dissident priests such as Fr. Charles Curran advocated for a distorted version of social justice in Catholic colleges and universities, the prophetic teaching of Humane Vitae and the true intent of the Vatican II documents were mutilated by the secular media as well as by many Catholic writers and theologians who misused their skills to attack the kingdom of God.

April 12, 2018

Four Qualities of Bold and Believable Witnesses to Jesus

By Msgr. Charles Pope - It is worthwhile to look back at a text that was read on Saturday (Saturday of the Octave of Easter). It is from Acts and sets forth a picture of courage and holy boldness that is too little evident in many Catholics. Let’s look at the passage and then reflect on four qualities that the Apostles Peter and John manifest…

April 12, 2018

Citing Growing Interest in Traditional Latin Mass, Archbishop Chaput Creates Quasi-Parish

CNA/EWTN News - A new quasi-parish for Catholics interested in the Traditional Latin Mass will open in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia at a church that had been part of a 2014 parish merger... “In response to a growing interest, it has become timely to provide additional pastoral care for those wishing to participate in Divine Worship in the Extraordinary Form,” Archbishop Charles J. Chaput’s March 14 decree said.