Catholic Church

By Garrett Johnson, Crisis Magazine - First, I heard it from some Catholic lay people: “Who are a bunch of celibate men to tell us anything about our sexuality?” Then I heard it from a Religious brother: “The Church should change her teachings. Gays should be allowed to marry.” Next, it came from a priest... Then, from a bishop... And now, from Pope Francis: “Being homosexual is not a crime…God loves us as we are.” These words are a great darkness to the light I have been given through the Church—who now, in her false compassion, seeks to put me back in the same prison from which she previously helped free me.

By Shannon Mullen, Hannah Brockhaus, CNA - Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, has spoken in support of legalized medically assisted suicide, calling it “feasible” despite the clear teachings of the Catholic Church against it... “Personally, I would not practice suicide assistance, but I understand that legal mediation may be the greatest common good concretely possible under the conditions we find ourselves in”

By Fr. Thomas Piolata, OFM, Cap., The Catholic Thing - In these words, St. Francis’ eucharistic spirituality blossoms. He lived eucharistically: only in the way of contemplation, humility, and self-offering can one enter deeply into the fullness of the Eucharist. To live in this way is to hold back nothing. And in this, He who gave Himself totally to us – in the Incarnation and each day in the Eucharist – will receive us totally.