Catholic Church

By Francis X. Maier, The Catholic Thing - We live inside the envelope of our senses.  Our grasp of reality is limited by what we can see, hear, touch, smell, and taste.  This in turn shapes our imagination.  But it’s absurd, C.S. Lewis argued, to assume that reality is restricted to what smart bipeds on a tiny planet at the edge of a modest galaxy can perceive. 

By Thomas Shaffern, Crisis Magazine - Recently, another church, this time in Brooklyn, New York, saw its tabernacle stolen and the Blessed Sacrament desecrated. This crime comes on the heels of another story of a stolen tabernacle earlier the same month in Katy, Texas. Such unthinkable acts of evil also coincide with recent disruptions of Holy Masses.

By Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic Thing - You are sitting in your car at what you know is a long traffic light.  Consider two scenarios... (1) “This is down time,” you say to yourself, “I might as well make the best of it.” And so you pick up your phone and check out email, the news, or replies to your latest social media post.