Catholic Church

By Francis X. Maier, The Catholic Thing - Here’s why:  True Confessions is an exercise, unintended, in true instruction.  Dunne’s story is excessively harsh in its portrait of ecclesial life and its warts, but it’s not entirely wrong.  Over 27 years in diocesan service, I met Des Spellacy, or versions thereof, more than once.  I also met laymen like Tom Spellacy — and a lot more frequently than Des... What True Confessions captures well is the human temptation to use the Church as fire insurance for the afterlife; or more tangibly, for personal advancement or profit. 

By Hans Feichtinger, First Things - The Synod on Synodality is meant to be a global exercise in “listening” and “walking together.” But some seem to expect more from this synod than what it can reasonably deliver. Serious theologians have been pointing out since the Second Vatican Council that a Church constantly focusing on herself cannot claim to be following her founder’s mission. Sadly, the Synod on Synodality risks becoming a project of fruitless navel-gazing. Reform will only happen if the Church remembers that she exists because of Christ and “in order to evangelize,” as Paul VI said.

By Michael W. Chapman, CNSNews - Mother Miriam, a Catholic nun who hosts the popular podcast Mother Miriam Live, warned that if any Catholic, including the Pope, should in any way support or promote "gay marriage," gender ideology, and the LGBTQ agenda, they are on the "way to Hell.".. She also stressed that parents must protect their children from these evil ideas and practices for parents will be held accountable to God.