Catholic Church

By Dan Byron, Catholic Stand - There are many beautiful things in and around the Catholic church.  One of the things that most people may not get to see is the discernment process of men and women who are trying to decide on the next phase of their lives... Over the passage of time, I have had the distinct honor of being on the periphery of several people who went through the discernment process....

CNA/EWTN News - While the phrase “ball and chain” is still sometimes tossed around by those who view marriage as a burden, a recent study shows that men who tie the knot reap a plethora of benefits.... “Indeed, the benefits of marriage for men are substantial by every conceivable measure, including money, a better sex life, and significantly better physical and mental health,”

CNA/EWTN News - The bishops of Alaska released a joint pastoral letter this month, highlighting the meaning, origin, and implications of human dignity in today’s world... “The Church, and we – her members – are called to work for an end to abortion and the death penalty. We are also called to resist legislative efforts that would allow the taking of any human life by medically prescribed suicide,” said the bishops...

By Hadley Arkes, The Catholic Thing - John Paul II caught a caught a critical corner of this problem in his own commentary on Rerum Novarum a hundred years later: "Socialism. . . maintains that the good of the individual can be realized without reference to his free choice. . . . A person who is deprived of something he can call 'his own'. . . comes to depend on the social machine and those who control it."