Catholic Church

January 3, 2018

How to Popularize ‘Ad Orientem’ Without Disorienting People

By Msgr. Charles Pope, National Catholic Register - I have written many times on the orientation of the priest for the Eucharistic Prayer. I strongly prefer an eastward (ad orientem) posture, in which the priest and God’s people all face in the same direction toward the Lord as the Eucharistic Prayer is prayed. Rather than restate all the reasons for my preference here, I direct you to what I have previously written

January 3, 2018

Former US Nuncio Joins Statement Calling Pope’s Reading of Amoris Laetitia ‘Alien’ to Catholic Faith

By Diane Montagna, LifeSiteNews - Two Italian archbishops have joined three bishops of Kazakhstan in professing the “immutable truths about sacramental marriage.”.. Like the Kazakh Ordinaries, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, former apostolic nuncio to the United States, and His Excellency Luigi Negri, archbishop emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, have taken issue with Pope Francis’ official interpretation of Amoris Laetitia

January 2, 2018

Rep. Trent Franks’ Scandal Exposes Corrupting Effects of Surrogacy

By Peter Jesserer Smith, National Catholic Register - After a 15-year career in Congress, Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., resigned his seat amid credible accusations he tried to pressure two women on his congressional staff into becoming surrogate mothers for his unborn children... The prominent pro-life politician’s downfall highlights the insoluble moral problems associated with surrogacy and in-vitro fertilization procedures that the Catholic Church has pointed out

January 2, 2018

Why Amoris Laetitia is Much Worse Thank Originally Thought

By Thomas L. Mulcahy, M.A., J.D., Blogs at Catholic Strength - From the beginning the controversy regarding Amoris Laetitia has been portrayed as being limited to whether a divorced and civilly remarried Catholic might be permitted, in certain circumstances, to receive Holy Communion. The purpose of this note is to demonstrate that the reach of Amoris Laetiti goes well beyond just the divorced and remarried.....