Catholic Church

By John Zmirak, The Stream - Management gurus tell us, “Personnel is policy.” Southern mothers say it differently. “You can tell everything about someone from his friends.” Historians will look at the men Pope Francis promoted. They will draw interesting conclusions... Meet one of the pope’s closest aides. Cardinal Oscar Maradiaga. He faces appalling charges of financial corruption.

By David Carlin, The Catholic Thing - So what are American Catholics supposed to do? Two things, I think. First, acknowledge that there is a profound conflict between the devotion to Church that is essential to Catholicism and the devotion to self that predominates in American culture today. Second, work for a restoration of American patriotism in which love of country takes precedence over love of self....

By Mr. Jason Craig, Those Catholic Men - In the ecclesial tumult of the last 5 decades or so, Rome has been a firm touchstone for truth. Through the Papacies of St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI, there was a keen desire to bring clarity to confusion, and in official pronouncements Rome brought unity by clarifying confusion.  But today, instead of being the final word of clarity that ends controversy, Rome itself is the source of confusion.

By Catherine McManamon, GetFed - A few years ago, a close friend introduced me to the 10 virtues of Mary. Although I had completed St. Louis de Montfort’s total consecration to Mary, I didn’t know anything about the 10 virtues formally associated with Our Lady. I was fascinated when I learned about the Blessed Mother’s virtues