Catholic Church

By Jonah McKeown, CNA - During what was to be his final Sunday Mass on July 30, Father Beard preached about not being “on the fence” when it comes to faith in Christ, telling the congregation that “the only thing that matters is your soul.” … “You need to know the truth."... “I am not going to stand before him and say, ‘Well, Lord, I would have pitched it but you know there’s going to be pushback’ ... my brothers in Christ, my job is to pitch it. Whether you want to catch it or not is on you. My job is to make sure you know the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God.”

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International - In the midst of this bleak situation, it’s no wonder that many parents are unplugging from the public education system and looking for something else for their families. Statistics show that millions of parents are withdrawing their children from public schools. In many cases, they are opting for homeschooling. In others, they are turning towards one of the burgeoning number of “charter” schools in the United States, many of which are embracing the so-called “classical” model of education.

By Dr. Christopher Shanno, Catholic World Report - Now, what made (the world) change? I think maybe we can pinpoint a date: 8:15 in the morning, the sixth of August, 1945. Can any of you recall what happened on that day? … it was the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima in Japan. When we flew an American plane over this Japanese city and dropped the atomic bomb on it we blotted out boundaries. There was no longer a boundary between the civilian and the military, between the helper and the helped, between the wounded and the nurse and the doctor, between the living and the dead ....

By Anthony Esolen, Crisis Magazine - In spite of the pope's seeming preference for soccer over dogma, proclaiming the truths of the Catholic Faith—i.e., being "dogmatic"—leads to more joy and happiness, not less... News broke last week that about twenty Catholics, “ultra-conservative” as they have been called, “far-right extremists,” were arrested in Lisbon for interrupting a Mass at World Youth Day.