Catholic Church

September 23, 2017

The New Pro-Life Movement: Been There, Done That

By Peter Wolfgang, Crisis Magazine - What would the pro-life movement be without its perennial infighting? From the absolutists vs. the incrementalists to the Seamless Garment vs. everyone else, it is a feature of our movement that just never goes away. The latest controversy over something mislabeled as “new” is evidence that there is nothing new about these internecine fights.

September 23, 2017

JFK, Amy Coney Barrett and Anti-Catholicism

By The Editors, EWTN News - This month, Kennedy’s struggle to overcome anti-Catholic bigotry was brought back to life, in a form of political theater designed to damage the prospects of Catholic judicial nominees who threaten the survival of Roe v. Wade.

September 23, 2017

What do Mother Teresa, Fulton Sheen, and J.R.R. Tolkien All Have in Common?

By Philip Kosloski - In our busy, hectic world it is a marvel that anyone gets anything done. Our days are filled to the brim and sometimes we wish we didn’t have to sleep in order to get things done. Add prayer into the mix and we barely squeak out an “Our Father” before our eyes close at the end of the day. The proposition of praying more than 5 minuets seems daunting.

September 23, 2017

The Next Scandal in the Church?

By William Kilpatrick, The Catholic Thing - Ironically, one of the factors that is driving people out of the Church is its response to Islamic terror… the Church’s handling of the Islam crisis is also, in effect, a cover-up… While emphasizing surface similarities between the two faiths, they have papered over the deep differences. Moreover, they have downplayed and even denied the violent nature of Islam… Church leaders haven’t quite figured out that when Islam talks peace it really means war, but ordinary Catholics are not so Pollyannaish… Catholics can see with their own eyes, we can expect that many more Catholics will become alienated from the Church…