Catholic Church

January 30, 2018

Vatican and China: Cardinal Zen’s Intervention Raises Some Very Uncomfortable Questions

By Michael Davis, Catholic Herald - Cardinal Joseph Zen… has penned a blistering open letter to the Vatican, accusing them of “selling out” the Chinese faithful to the communist government. It would be desirable to find mutual ground between the Vatican and Beijing, he admits; but there can be no such ground between the Church and a “totalitarian regime”. “Can you imagine an agreement between St Joseph and King Herod?” he asks.

January 30, 2018

Rev. James V. Schall, S.J.: On the Size of the Universe

Rev. James V. Schall, S.J., The Catholic Thing - In the end, it will turn out that all civilizations are confronted with the same issue. Are they the cause of their own existence, or were they all included in the initial plan that brought anything into existence?... In other words, it does not really matter how many planetary civilizations can be supported in this universe. What matters is whether the rational beings found on those distant planets all have the same issue presented to them individually and corporately; namely, how do we each relate to the origin of being itself?

January 30, 2018

LifeSiteNew: Parish Cancels Talk by Pro-LGBT Priest After Protest by Faithful Catholics

By Doug Mainwaring, LifeSiteNews - A lay Catholic group (Tradition, Family and Property (TFP)) known for its fidelity to Church teaching on life, marriage, and family has successfully campaigned to have a Catholic parish cancel a talk offered by pro-homosexual priest and Vatican adviser Fr. James Martin. The Jesuit priest is now on a warpath against the Catholic group, slamming them on social media as "bullies."

January 29, 2018

CATHOLIC BEAUTY: St. Jean Baptiste Catholic Church, Manhattan, New York, New York.

St. Jean Baptiste Catholic Church, Manhattan, New York, New York