Catholic Church

By Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Catholic Exchange - We must not persuade ourselves that to distinguish Mary from Jesus we must take away her innocence and leave it to her Son alone. To tell the morning from midday, there is no need to fill the air with storms or cover the sky with clouds: it suffices that the rays of the morn­ing sun should be weaker and their light less brilliant. To distinguish Mary from Jesus, there is no need to put sin into the mix. It suffices that her innocence be a weaker light...

By Doug Mainwaring, LifeSiteNews - Fr. Martin subscribes to what might be called ‘gay liberation theology,’ through which he interprets scripture—and more broadly, all church teaching—in light of the LGBT experience. He sees Catholicism through an LGBT prism and speaks in an LGBT tongue, presenting an LGBT-infused Gospel…

By Cameron Edman, Catholic Stand - When I first started meeting with this old, crazy, brash priest who was refreshingly honest and unapologetic of his faith, I was under the impression that the Church was full of unnecessary rules and distracting rituals that pulled people away from a real connection with the Savior. “Why not just strip away all the nonsense and let it just be about Jesus?” I thought.

By Fr. Gerald E. Murray, The Catholic Thing - Raymond Cardinal Burke gave a powerful interview to Edwin Pentin of the National Catholic Register earlier this week. He explained why he continues to seek authoritative clarity on the meaning of the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia (AL) by asking Pope Francis to respond to the five dubia that he and three other cardinals submitted well over a year ago.