Catholic Church

By Father Raymond J. de Souza, EWTN News - First up was Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), who has had the most bruising month in the recent history of Curial prefects. After his declaration Fiducia Supplicans provoked an unprecedented rejection from many parts of the Catholic world, he was forced to back down by Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo on behalf of the African bishops.

By Julian Kwasniewski, The Catholic Thing - AI’s image-generating ability is about to separate the sheep from the goats, or the lovers of reality from those who don’t care whether or not anything they sense, love, or reason about is real. For the first time in history, society will need to decide whether or not it values reality. People have debated metaphysics, religion, science, art, and many other things. But there’s always been an assumption that they are arguing over a world of things and people. This world is on the verge of being replaced by a fantasy simulacrum made to deceive.

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - “The biggest mistake we make is in believing that we are in a so-called ‘culture war,’ writes the Irish scholar Mark Dooley, at the opening of an essay for The European Conservative. Do you think you disagree? Maybe you should wait to read his next two sentences: The phrase ‘culture war’ assumes that both sides have rival cultures they are battling to defend and promote. However, the enemies of civilization, of life, and love, have no culture. ...

Fr. Wade Menezes, EWTN News - In the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Sacrament of Confession is given several other important names that convey its very nature and the benefits received by the person who avails himself of this sacrament. In CCC 1423-1424, Confession is beautifully and rightly referred to as the Sacrament of Conversion, the Sacrament of Penance, the Sacrament of Forgiveness and the Sacrament of Reconciliation.