Catholic Church

September 8, 2017

Meet The Centuries-Old Statue Some Say Protects St. Augustine, Florida From Hurricanes

By PATRICK DONGES & BILL CARTER, WJCT NEWS - A statue that has resided in St. Augustine for more than 150 years may help shed light on the history of some of the First Coast’s earliest residents, and why some believe the area tends to stay unscathed by hurricanes... As the story has been passed down, “The Hurricane Lady” was discovered in 1850 on a cargo ship traveling from Spain to St. Augustine...

September 8, 2017

Why We Need Dogma

By Tod Worner, Aleteia - Among the criticisms I heard.. was that the Church is “dogmatic”… dogmatic does not mean harsh or dogged… but instead means adhering to dogma and promoting such “principles as incontrovertibly true.” Thus comes the accusation that the Church is “too sure that it is right” (a curious tendency of Truth) and is addled with endless councils, documents and rules that create complexity that clouds out God.

September 8, 2017

Distinguishing Between Healthy and Unhealthy Guilt (Including hilarious video)

By Msgr. Charles Pope • September 7, 2017 One of the trickier terrains to navigate in the moral world is the experience of guilt, in its sense of […]

September 8, 2017

Did Pope Francis Put Migrant Safety Ahead of National Security?

By Thomas D. Williams, Crisis Magazine - On August 21, the Vatican released Pope Francis’s 2018 message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees… one particular expression stands out not only for its novelty, but indeed because of its apparent dissonance with earlier statements by the pontiff and with elements of Catholic teaching more broadly… the pope asserts that the principle of the centrality of the human person “obliges us to always prioritise personal safety over national security.”…