Catholic Church

By Gerhard Cardinal Müller, First Things - Counter to legend, Ratzinger was no simplistic foe of modernity. Christianity could accommodate many of the insights of Marxism, psychoanalysis, Darwinism, and other ideologies. But he was as steadfast as he was meticulous in ruling out what did not comport with Christianity. Indeed, he was a model of this work, as cardinal and as pope. Perhaps the most ­resounding instance was his dealings with the liberation theologians, early in his tenure as prefect of the CDF.

By Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine - Some years ago, a priest came into a Catholic high school in southern Maryland and made a pitch for vocations. “Do priests dance? Why yes, we do,” he said as he showed them a video of priests dancing. That kind of thing. His pitch enthused precisely no one... Not long after, the school invited a cassock-wearing priest who bluntly told the kids that God calls them to be saints. He challenged them. ...

By David Carlin, The Catholic Thing - In June of 2015, the Supreme Court, in a 5-to-4 decision in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, declared that the U.S. Constitution contains a right to same-sex marriage (SSM). Immediately, any and all laws to the contrary became unconstitutional. Here is the question I wish to address today: From this day forward what should be the attitude of American Catholics toward SSM? ....

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - The recent efforts of Cardinal Robert McElroy to publicly advance the full inclusion in the Church of those who self-identify as practicing homosexuals has raised eyebrows. That is not saying much, of course, but it indicates that this is a slight escalation in the widespread effort to undermine the Church’s fidelity to the mission entrusted to her by Jesus Christ.