Catholic Church

By Scott Smith, Blog - The Bible is full of mind-bending, conception-shattering paradoxes. How can the Infinite God be a tiny baby in a manger? How can the All-Powerful God die hanging from a cross? How can God be both perfectly merciful and perfectly just? How can Jesus be both fully God and fully man? These paradoxes might even seem like contradictions because of the way we try to project our humanity onto to God ... but God is not so limited.

By Edward Pentin,  National Catholic Register - Pope Francis’ apostolic letter Magnum Principium, which shifts some responsibility for translating liturgical texts away from the Vatican to local bishops, has drawn mixed reactions.. Some liturgists have expressed concern that it will lead to a “free-for-all,” but others say it has enough safeguards in place to ensure authentic translations are produced… Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, was not consulted for the “motu proprio.”

By K. Albert Little, Patheos - What if Catholics are right? What would you do? What if you were humming along in your faith journey—a happy Evangelical Christian—when a warm encounter with a nun, a friar, or a Catholic priest suddenly stopped you in your tracks?

By Kathleen Beckman, Catholic Exchange - Not yet half way through the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, the universal Church continues to invite the faithful to focus on the need to ask for Divine Mercy and to be reconciled with the Father of Mercy. Repentance and conversion are central to the call to become ambassadors of the Father’s mercy for others.