Catholic Church

By Francis X. Maier, The Catholic Thing - As C.S. Lewis reminds us in the words of his demon Screwtape, the notion that we humans create our own meaning, own our own bodies, and command our own destinies “is equally funny in heaven and in hell.” We’re not gods, and we all die. No exceptions... No matter how loudly we express the unique and wondrous grandeur of our individuality, it all ends up in ashes or a casket.

By Paul Murano, Church Militant - (54 years ago) On July 25, 1968, a moral earthquake shook the world. Several years after the invention of the birth control pill, while Catholic women joined others in consuming the new forbidden fruit, Pope St. Paul VI finally promulgated Humanae Vitae... With the help of theologians like the future Pope St. John Paul II, Paul VI reiterated the Church's constant teaching against unnatural birth prevention...

Bishop Joseph Strickland, Blog, July 25, 2022 - Let us pray that our national leaders in Congress will not codify a law that is in direct opposition to the Law of God. To continue down this path is destructive to the human community now and puts our eternal salvation in jeopardy. Pray that Congress will act with the compassion of God’s Truth.

By Noah Peters, Crisis Magazine - Every Sunday you will find large families with gaggles of young children at Mass. One would think this would be a point of great optimism for the scandal-plagued Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. Imagine all of these children growing up in the Church and starting their own large, Catholic families who attend weekly Mass. It is enough to give one hope for the future of the Church in these troubled times... Instead, Cardinal Wilton Gregory has decided to shut this Mass down. Why? Because it is a traditional Latin Mass.