Catholic Church

July 14, 2022

On Effective Compromise, by Dr. Jeff Mirus

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - By its very nature, compromise is voluntary. Enduring a less-than-perfect situation is called suffering. Appropriate compromises in the face of conflicting perceptions of reality are extremely difficult. It is in fact impossible to compromise appropriately without the virtue of prudence employed in service to a genuine comprehension of reality, which is to say, in service to the truth.

July 14, 2022

Pope Francis: ‘Consume Less Meat’ to Save the Planet, by Thomas D. Williams

By Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D., Breitbart - Pope Francis urged European youth this week to eat less meat as a means of curbing global warming and preserving the planet... “There is an urgent need to reduce the consumption not only of fossil fuels but also of so many superfluous things,” the pontiff told participants in an EU youth conference Monday. “In certain areas of the world, too, it would be appropriate to consume less meat: this too can help save the environment.”

July 14, 2022

Don’t Be Fooled By “Nice”, by Leila Miller

By Leila Miller, Crisis Magazine - In the persons who go from mortal sin to mortal sin, the enemy is commonly used to propose to them apparent pleasures, making them imagine sensual delights and pleasures in order to hold them more and make them grow in their vices and sins. In these persons the good spirit uses the opposite method, pricking them and biting their consciences through the process of reason.

July 14, 2022

Pope Francis Appoints Three Women to Dicastery for Bishops

By Hannah Brockhaus, CNA - Pope Francis on Wednesday named three women to the Dicastery of Bishops, the Vatican office responsible for evaluating new members of the Catholic Church’s hierarchy... The two religious sisters and one consecrated virgin are the first women to ever be named members of the dicastery.