Catholic Church

By Daniel Payne, Catholic News Agency - As the medical model of “direct primary care” continues to grow in the U.S., a number of Catholic doctors are adopting it as a means to combine both the practice of medicine and the living out of their Catholic faith... Direct primary care (DPC) is a subscription-based model of health care in which patients pay a monthly fee to a primary care provider. The fee, which is adjusted on the basis of family size, generally allows for unlimited doctors’ visits as well as reduced rates for services such as prescriptions and labs.

By Jonathan Liedl, EWTN News - Behind Cardinal-elect Américo Aguiar’s controversial comments on conversion and WYD is a new emphasis on interreligious dialogue at the global Catholic event — including visits to a mosque, synagogue and Hindu temple... Interreligious dialogue does not appear to be a secondary or inessential consideration at WYD Lisbon... it is one of the themes for this year’s iteration of the international Catholic gathering ...

By Dr. Edward Feser, Catholic World Report - St. John Henry Newman famously noted that during the Arian crisis, “the governing body of the Church came short” in fighting the heresy, and orthodoxy was preserved primarily by the laity. “The Catholic people,” he says, “were the obstinate champions of Catholic truth, and the bishops were not.” Even Pope Liberius temporarily caved in to pressure to accept an ambiguous formula and to condemn St. Athanasius, the great champion of orthodoxy.

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - Many Vatican observers, noting how closely the thoughts of the archbishop match those of the Pontiff, have concluded that the new prefect of the DDF will play the same role for Pope Francis that then-Cardinal Ratzinger played for Pope John Paul II. The comparison is apt, and the contrast is striking... The young Father Fernandez did us a favor, actually, by writing that book about kissing. He let us know that we should not take him too seriously. Not even the most virulent critics of Ratzinger/Benedict would dispute that he was a serious, rigorous theologian. Whereas Archbishop Fernandez, as a theologian, tends toward poetry rather than rigor.