Catholic Church

By Rev. Dwight Longenecker, National Catholic Register - How can you tell if a parish, a school, a community or a religious group are becoming cult-like? Again, it is very difficult because some groups that have cult-like behaviors remain at a low level of these behaviors... So what are the danger signs?

By David Warren, The Catholic Thing - The words are flagged by Cardinal Sarah in his recent book, The Power of Silence, the English recension of which has finally fallen into my hands. The passage on Martha and Mary from Luke’s Gospel (10:41) is often cited today, by way of making an excuse.

By Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D., Catholic Exchange - I once knew a woman who called herself “a recovering Catholic.” It seems that as a child, she was taught a religion that was all about guilt. Impossible demands were placed on her requiring strenuous efforts that were doomed to frustration. Turn the other cheek. Don’t even THINK about romantic flings. Love your enemies.

By Pete Baklinski, LifeSiteNews - Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Kazakhstan highlighted in a talk given in Washinton D.C. last October the moral principle that "heresy" always goes hand-in-hand with an “unchaste life.” Where there is heresy, there is also sexual immorality, he said.