Catholic Church

By Msgr. Thomas G. Guarino, Catholic World Report - A few weeks ago, the Catholic Project at The Catholic University of America released the results of a massive survey of Catholic priests in the United States. Priests interviewed numbered 3,500 from 191 American dioceses... Predictably—at least for those who have been paying attention—the results constitute a biting indictment of the American episcopacy. The most prominent finding of the survey is that a majority of priests do not trust their own bishops—and, shockingly, only 24% of priests trust the US episcopacy in general.

By Cliff Kincaid, Renew America - The Catholic Church has a “Join the Justice for Immigrants Campaign” that urges people to “Take action in solidarity with immigrants, migrants, refugees, and people on the move.”... Why not send the immigrants, migrants, and refugees to Catholic churches or the homes of Catholic politicians?... Whether left-wing or right-wing, Catholics seem to be united in demanding that the church’s role in this on-going invasion be ignored.

By Francis X. Maier, The Catholic Thing - The last days of December are always a time for reflection; an opportunity to make sense of the past, take stock of the present, and set a course for the future.  As Benedict XVI once noted, Christians are now the most persecuted religious community in the world.  If we Christians who still have the blessings of religious freedom sleep, then the world our grandchildren inherit will be a world increasingly without the Cross, and without the truth.

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - I don’t give a feather or a fig whether either my priests or my fellow Catholics are conservative or liberal in vague temperamental or vaguer political terms. But I do care whether they tell the truth. I do care whether they are faithful to the teachings of Christ and His Church. I do care whether they are steering clear of the abyss.