Catholic Church

January 11, 2018

Analysis: The United States Ambassador’s Visit to Rome’s American Seminary

By Ed Condon, Catholic News Agency - On Jan. 10, Callista Gingrich, the United States Ambassador to the Holy See, was a guest at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. She visited the college to receive a blessing as she embarks upon her work as ambassador, according to sources at the North American College.

January 11, 2018

The Real Issues Underlying the Dreamer Debate

By John Horvat II, Crisis Magaine - The debate over DACA is not about children and dreams. It is about a bitterly divided America. It is about grave concerns that there will soon no longer be an America about which to dream. It is the struggle between one America that wants a return to order and the rule of law, and another that dismisses sovereignty, borders, and the very concept of a nation.

January 11, 2018

New York Pro-Lifers Counter Culture of Death at Margaret Sanger Center

By Patty Knap,National Catholic Register - Each such first Saturday, an astounding witness takes place in front of the Margaret Sanger Center, where six days a week — for 35 years — abortions have been done through the sixth month. Following Mass at the basilica, participants that include Franciscan Friars and Sisters of the Renewal, Bikers for Life, Helpers of God’s Precious Infants and the Sisters of Life process, praying the Rosary, to Planned Parenthood.

January 10, 2018

Paul VI in 2018

By P. J. Smith, First Things - Paul VI’s landmark encyclical on birth control, Humanae Vitae, turns fifty this year. It was controversial before it was written and has remained controversial ever since. Paul’s refusal to permit contraception has, one can say with only mild hyperbole, driven progressive Catholics batty. But for a variety of reasons, both theological and political, the encyclical remains relevant today....