Catholic Church

November 4, 2017

Lepanto Institute: US Bishops Sack Faithful Priest, Still Employ Planned Parenthood Supporter

By Michael Hichborn, The Lepanto Institute - The message here is quite clear … if you work for the bishops of the United States and publicly support Planned Parenthood, you can retain your job as long as you can hide the evidence. But, if you’re a faithful priest and you write a respectful letter to Pope Francis, addressing grave concerns regarding his words and actions and it gets published, you have no place in the Bishops’ Conference.

November 4, 2017

Culture of Rebuke Has Taken Hold in Church Discourse

By Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Catholic Register - The most recent rebuke — thoughtfully expressed and respectfully made — to the exercise of the magisterium by Pope Francis came from the highly respected Capuchin Father Thomas Weinandy, who served from 2005 to 2013 as the executive director of the American bishops’ Committee on Doctrine.

November 3, 2017

BOOKS: Fathom the Four Last Things

By Jean M. Heimann, EWTN News - “We are created for the Beatific Vision — heaven for all eternity with the Blessed Trinity — the God from whom we are called to return.” Father of Mercy Wade Menezes shares this truth in his enlightening and uplifting book on eschatology, The Four Last Things: A Catechetical Guide to Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell.

November 3, 2017

U.S. Bishops Office Fires Top Theologian Who Wrote to Pope Francis On Confusing Papacy

By Michael W. Chapman, CNSNews - A Catholic priest, Rev. Thomas G. Weinandy, who is a leading American theologian and a member of the Vatican's International Theological Commission, was asked to resign as a consultant to the U.S.C.C.B.-- and he submitted his resignation -- after a letter he wrote to Pope Francis questioning some aspects of his papacy was made public.