Catholic Church

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.

By Philip Kosloski, Aleteia - The devil is intent on destroying the Church, setting many traps for her followers, as well as her leaders. This is one of the reasons why Pope Leo XIII composed a prayer to St. Joseph for the protection of the Church... He composed the prayer at the end of Quamquam pluries, asking the faithful to call on St. Joseph for protection against the devil... The prayer recalls St. Joseph’s protection of the Child Jesus in Egypt and asks for his intercession, that the Church may be spared from the devil’s vicious attacks.