Catholic Church

February 5, 2018

Have Good and Evil Changed? The Pontifical Academy for Life Wants to Know.

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - In recent weeks we have seen two presentations by members of the Pontifical Academy for Life which suggest that the very nature of good and evil has changed. Surely others could be cited, but I refer to a newly appointed member of the Academy, Maurizio Chiodi, who argued that contraception is sometimes morally required (despite Pope Paul VI having defined contraception to be intrinsically evil within marriage...

February 5, 2018

The Surprisingly Secular Meaning of the Word “Lent”

By Philip Kosloski, Aleteia - Similar to the English word “Easter,” the word “Lent” was originally a secular word with no particular religious associations… The word is traced etymologically to an Old English word lencten (related to “lengthen,” referring to the lengthening of days) that simply referred to the season of spring. It is also related to a Teutonic word with the same meaning.

February 5, 2018

German Cardinal Marx Endorses Blessing Ceremonies for Same-Sex Couples

By Anian Christoph Wimmer, CNA - The president of the German Bishops’ Conference has declared that, in his view, Catholic priests can conduct blessing ceremonies for homosexual couples… Cardinal Reinhard Marx (said) “there can be no rules” about this question. Rather, the decision of whether a homosexual union should receive the Church’s blessing should be up to “a priest or pastoral worker” and made in each individual case…

February 5, 2018

Bishop Schneider: ‘Discernment’ Now Means to ‘Allow to Sin’

By Pete Baklinski, LifeSiteNews - The controversy surrounding Pope Francis’ teaching on marriage and family as found in his exhortation Amoris Laetitia can be reduced to allowing Catholics “to sin,” said Bishop Athanasius Schneider in an exclusive interview with LifeSiteNews... This language...ultimately means ‘to allow to sin.’