Catholic Church

August 21, 2023

Independent Catholic Schools Foster Catholic Communities, by Dr. Jeff Mirus

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - My wife called my attention to an article in our diocesan newspaper entitled “Halo effect” which, on its website, is more fully entitled “Once ‘Helltown,’ Front Royal emerges as a Catholic destination”. It’s all about how the move of the two-year-old Christendom College to Front Royal, Virginia stimulated the creation of a vibrant center of Catholic faith and life in and around the once wild and woolly county seat of Warren County, Virginia.

August 21, 2023

Non Catholic Writes: In Chicago, Another Sign of the Catholic Church’s Decline, by Andrea Widburg

By Andrea Widburg, American Thinker - I’m not a Catholic, but I have an abiding respect for Catholicism’s role in bringing down the paganism that dominated Europe before the Church took over. At least one Catholic cardinal, though, seems to have forgotten that time. How else can we explain Cardinal Blase Cupich’s decision to participate in a Wiccan-organized conference to “enrich” his faith?

August 21, 2023

Don’t Just Opt Out—Fight Back, by Francisco Zuniga

By Francisco Zuniga, Crisis Magazine - On August 9, Catholic, Orthodox Christian, and Muslim parents took the school board of Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland to court over its refusal to allow parents to have their children opt out of participation in an LGBTQ+ book curriculum. The curriculum relies on a policy that allows teachers to introduce, read, and discuss books about homosexuality and transgenderism in their classrooms without parents’ knowledge or consent.

August 21, 2023

Just-War Theory Allows for No Blank Checks in Ukraine, by Phil Lawler

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - When I teach an undergraduate course about the Church’s tradition of just-war teaching, I always emphasize how the moral questions are wrapped up in prudential judgments. No one has perfect information about the strengths and intentions of potential adversaries. No one can guarantee the outcome of a given diplomatic or military strategy. So it is rarely possible to say, with complete certainty, that this or that conflict was either just or unjust.