Catholic Church

By Catholic Vote - In a recent column, the Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Blase Cupich, insisted that the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass as approved by the late Pope Benedict “impoverishes” the Church... In his op-ed published last week on the Chicago Catholic, Cardinal Cupich tried to summarize the meeting Pope Francis had on February 6 with the Vatican’s Dicastery for Divine Worship, of which Cupich is a member.

By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Catholic Culture - Although the full content of the divine mysteries is beyond the reach of reason alone, we have the privilege of devising tools to organize God’s revelation to enhance our faith. Mother Claudia—the Philadelphia Immaculate Heart of Mary sister who died in 1993—designed the “Catechism Clock” to teach children the Catholic vocabulary. Even a child can grasp the language of faith and enter the sacred mysteries.

By Msgr. Charles Pope - On the first Sunday of Lent the readings have a baptismal theme. This makes sense, for it is common that on this day the catechumens report to the Bishop for the Rite of Election, who officially recognizes them as the elect of God in these final weeks before their baptism... In today’s readings there are actually many themes; they seem to form the spokes of a wagon wheel, with baptism being the central hub from which they emanate. ....

By Clare Marie Merkowsky, LifeSiteNews - “There’s no sugar-coating that and that isn’t what people want anyways. Young people want an adventure,” Peterson said... He stated that the desire for adventure is the reason that young people feel called to “save the planet” from “climate change,” which “Pope Francis seems to be on about constantly when you should be saving souls.”... “That’s how you save the planet, not by worshiping Gaia,” Peterson stated, referring to the pagan name for “Mother Earth.”... “I don’t see for the life of me what the Catholic Church has to do with the ‘climate crisis'”