Catholic Church

September 28, 2023

Let Us Be Frank About Our Future, by Casey Chalk

By Casey Chalk, Crisis Magazine - The religiously unaffiliated—also known as “nones”—today account for about one quarter of American adults, or about 59 million people. The majority of those are what sociologist Stephen Bullivant calls, in his new book, “nonverts”: those who go from identifying with a religion to identifying as a “none.” And sixteen million of those nonverts were raised Catholic... Do you have any serious proposal for bringing those millions of nonvert Catholics back to the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church?

September 28, 2023

Venerable Fulton J. Sheen: Marriage Mirrors God’s Love for Human Nature

By Fulton J. Sheen, Catholic Exchange - In the eyes of the Church, therefore, marriage is a permanent union patterned upon the abiding love of Christ for His Church, and not a terminable pact of selfish passion that endures only as long as the passion endures. By upholding such an ideal, by asking such a guarantee, and by teaching the sacredness of a vow, the Church makes marriage serious. She practically tells the young couple the same thing the sign over the cashier’s desk tells the customer: “Count your change. No mistakes rectified after leaving the window.”

September 28, 2023

Transgender Turmoil and Tradition, by William Mahoney, Ph.D.

By William Mahoney, Ph.D. Church Militant - In a recent pastoral letter, a Texas bishop clarified Catholic teaching on gender dysphoria and same-sex attraction while cautioning against the potential blessing of same-sex relationships within the Catholic Church, a topic that will be discussed at the upcoming Synod on Synodality... On Tuesday, Bp. Joseph Strickland of the diocese of Tyler, Texas, published his latest pastoral letter that stresses fundamental Catholic teachings on human identity and sexuality within the context of modern confusion surrounding gender identity and same-sex attraction. ...

September 28, 2023

Investigating Theodore McCarrick Again? Unanswered Questions Have Some Saying the Catholic Church Should Do So, by Matthew McDonald

By Matthew McDonald, EWTN News - But some Catholics remain frustrated with what they see as unanswered questions. Among them: Who helped McCarrick rise in the Church hierarchy?... Which bishop candidates did he champion, and why?... Who in the hierarchy knew about McCarrick’s behavior with teenagers and young men, when did they know it, and why didn’t they stop it?