Catholic Church

By Rev. James V. Schall, S.J., The Catholic Thing - The verb, “to feel” has, in many instances, replaced the verb “to think.” At first sight, these two verbs might seem to be synonyms. But on closer examination they differ tellingly from each other in a manner that indicates a civilizational shift. The society that “feels” is not the society that “thinks.”

By John M. Grondelski, EWTN - One of the major contemporary religion stories is the rise of “nones” — the religiously unaffiliated — in the United States. America, long the outlier society when it comes to religious commitment, has been struck, especially in the past two generations, by the ascendance of generations for whom the blasé “whatever” is as descriptive of their approach to organized religion ....

By Derya Little, Crisis Magazine - Islam does not acknowledge original sin, grace, Trinity or Incarnation. Allah, the unreachable creator, only demands obedience. If man falls, it is because man failed to obey. Reaching heaven is a constant struggle to balance the good deed against sins… Forgiveness is only for Allah on the other side of death, and grace is a hollow concept.