Catholic Church

March 7, 2018

Paul VI to Be Canonised at Close of October Synod, Cardinal Parolin Says

By Cindy Wooden, Catholic Herald - Blessed Paul VI will be declared a saint in late October at the end of the Synod of Bishops on youth and discernment, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.

March 7, 2018

Fort Worth Bishop’s Double Standard

By Trey Elmore, ChurchMilitant - Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth is currently steeped in controversy over his attack on Texas Right to Life, a pro-life group focused on electing authentic pro-life leaders in the Texas legislature. Yet in August 2016, Bp. Olson allowed a pro-abortion Democrat to speak on parish property. This is despite recent tweets to the Catholic faithful about his "apostolic duty" to "guard authentic doctrine in the parishes."

March 7, 2018

We are Called to Make a Difference (In Others)

By John Yoest, The Stream -Luke Burgis and Joshua Miller give us an overview of mentoring and a fresh look at discipleship in their new book, Unrepeatable: Cultivating the Unique Calling of Every Person... Burgis and Miller write a practical guide on how to demonstrate this love by understanding each person’s “unique, unrepeatable essence, which bears the fingerprints of God.” This is the understanding of human dignity.

March 7, 2018

Doubting Sola Scriptura: My Road to Rome, Part 1

By Steven D. Greydanus, National Catholic Register - To our surprise, everything that we read led us to the conclusion that, if scripture alone — sola scriptura — is our final authority, then we cannot know with certainty what our final authority is, since our final authority itself doesn’t tell us, and we have no other to appeal to....