Catholic Church

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - Fr. Jerry Pokorsky’s wonderfully satirical new post, The Spirit is A-Movin in the pre-Synod Process, reminded me that I wanted to say something more about this process, which seems designed to strain gnats while swallowing camels. I am referring here to the faulty concept of governance which appears to underlie the entire experiment.

By John M. Grondelski, The Catholic Thing - Throughout Eastertide, the Church celebrates that Jesus Christ, true God and true man, rose from the dead and ascended into heaven in His human body.  The joy of the Resurrection so renews the whole world that the Church needs all fifty days of Paschaltide – days of, not after Easter – to celebrate it... Jesus was a true man with a real body.  That’s why Good Friday’s Gospel made such a big deal about John (19:34-35) testifying that blood and water flowed from His Pierced Side: His Death was no game, no illusion.

By Maurice Williams, Catholic Stand - In previous articles, I pointed out two occurrences that have greatly impacted our world.  In this article I look at another occurrence – Fatima... The two occurrences I wrote about previously were: 1) the ancient Israelites losing their position as God’s chosen people when they encouraged Rome to crucify Christ, and 2) how those who formed their own churches unconnected to the Church Jesus established fairly quickly caused the spread of hundreds of conflicting creeds.

By Joseph D'Hippolito, The Stream - A recent comment from the president of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life reflects the Catholic Church’s increasing willingness to relinquish defending the most vulnerable in the earliest and latest stages of life... Cardinal Vincenzo Paglia said at an Italian journalism conference April 21 that to promote the common good, the church would accept laws permitting assisted suicide.