Catholic Church

March 23, 2018

What the New Pro-Life Movement Didn’t Do for a Pro-Life Dem

By Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine - The latest test for the so-called Seamless Garment came in the primary challenge to pro-life Democrat Dan Lipinski in his effort to win his party’s nomination for the seat he has held in suburban Illinois for 13 years… But we have established that the Seamless Garment is now and has always been something of a scam. Earlier this year, fourteen Seamless Garment Catholics in the U.S. Senate, all but two of them Democrats, voted against even debating the 20-week abortion ban.

March 23, 2018

From the Archives: Fr. Shenan Boquet: The Danger of the ‘Seamless Garment’ Mentality

By Fr. Shenan Boquet, LifeSiteNews - The “seamless garment” philosophy also diverts attention from individual sin and culpability by focusing more on “collective” than personal sin. Under its influence, instead of a prophetic voice “crying out in the wilderness,” the Church becomes just another non-governmental organization (NGO), striving for “social justice” via a socially acceptable version of social reform eviscerated of the Gospel message of repentance....

March 23, 2018

Scripture Speaks: Palm Sunday

By Gayle Somers, Catholic Exchange - In our Lenten journey, have we discovered that we are studies in contrasts? Did we begin with great aspirations and are now feeling more than ever our fickleness? If so, we are truly ready for Palm Sunday.

March 23, 2018

Msgr. Charles Pope: Is Your Spiritual Life Like a Sailboat or a Motorboat?

By Msgr. Charles Pope - Sailing is an image of receptivity. One cannot control the wind, but must simply accept it, taking it as it is. Yes, the sailor must adjust to what is, to learn to accept and work with what is given, to live in the world as it is rather than wishing for the world as it ought to be... The sailor must simply accept the wind’s biddings and blessings, the way in which it would have us go: this way and that, sometimes quickly and unexpectedly.