Catholic Church

January 11, 2018

The Fifty-Year Descent to Footnote 351: Our Progressive Desensitization to the Most Holy Eucharist

By Peter Kwasniewski, OnePeterFive - We did not wake up one fine day in 2017 to find ourselves suddenly confronted with Eucharistic sacrilege being promoted from on high. There was a long, slow process that led to this moment. It consisted in the gradual dilution of the sacredness of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and of the Blessed Sacrament at its heart, with institutionally tolerated sacrilege along the way.

January 11, 2018

Cardinal Burke: Muslims and Christians Worship Different Gods

By Bradley Eli, M.Div., Ma.Th., ChurchMilitant - As ex-Muslim converts to Catholicism warn the Holy Father on the inherent dangers of Islam, it's notable that Cdl. Raymond Burke has been warning Catholics that Muslims' Allah is not the Prince of Peace heralded in Isaiah 9:6.... Cardinal Burke, former head the Vatican's Highest Court, during an interview in August 2016, said he thinks Catholics and Muslims aren't worshiping the same God...

January 11, 2018

Be Counter-Cultural, Embrace Silence

By Constance T. Hull, Catholic Exchange - Cardinal Sarah’s book The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise is a much-needed book for our age. It is radical, even though it would not have been considered counter-cultural in previous ages when silence was a normal part of daily living and the spiritual life. In reading the book, our Western sensibilities may bristle, but this is exactly what we need.

January 11, 2018

When Being Pro-life Means Being Attacked by Christians and the Culture

By Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, Courageous Priest - There is a trend going on in the pro-life collective that I find quite concerning and even dangerous. There is growing criticism of certain aspects (tactics) of the collective that others from within are referencing as unloving and lacking compassion. There are more so those inside the collective who believe that some people or groups in the collective are anti gay and anti transgender, haters and intolerant.