Catholic Church

September 8, 2017

LifeSiteNews: Cardinal Burke: Formal Correction Would ‘Require’ Pope Francis to Teach What Church ‘Has Always Taught’

By Pete Baklinski, LifeSiteNews - “Since the Petrine Office has the responsibility to teach the Catholic faith with integrity and thus maintain the unity of the Bishops and all the faithful, the correction of the confusion and error is the responsibility of the Roman Pontiff. That is why the dubia or questions were respectfully directed to Pope Francis...

September 8, 2017

Looking at the Immigration Debate With St. Thomas Aquinas (Including video)

Fr. Richard Heilman, (By John Horvat II) - What does the Bible say about immigration? What do Church doctors and theologians say? Above all, what does the greatest of doctors, Saint Thomas Aquinas, say about immigration? Does his opinion offer some insights to the burning issues now shaking the nation and blurring the national borders?

September 8, 2017

From Civil Religion to “Hate”

David Carlin, The Catholic Thing - Freedom of speech is being challenged. For some, any speech they find unwelcome is “hate speech” and should, therefore, be banned… Freedom of religion is being challenged, for some religions teach “hate” (for example, Catholicism, which teaches that homosexual conduct is immoral, allegedly a doctrine of homophobic “hate”)… Freedom of conscience is being challenged, for some people have a conscience that tells them to “hate”; and this should not be allowed.

September 8, 2017

From Hippo to Nashville

By Carl R. Trueman, First Things - The Nashville Statement fails to address the root of our culture's disordered sexual practices: the psychological assumptions that underpin Western identity politics....