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May 2, 2018

Priests Appeal to World’s Bishops to Address ‘Pastoral Crisis’ in the Church

By Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register - Father Murray, a canonist and priest of the Holy Family church, New York, believes one cannot deny or minimize the fact that the current crisis has been “occasioned” by Chapter 8 of Pope Francis’ exhortation Amoris Laetitia… “If Catholics no longer have to conform their lives to Christ's teaching on the indissolubility of marriage in order to be considered worthy to receive Holy Communion, then many other sins will be subject to a similar re-consideration. That would be disastrous.”
May 1, 2018

Bool Review: Catholic Journalist Phil Lawler Paints Bleak Picture in ‘Lost Shepherd’

By Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Catholic Register - Faithful Catholics are beginning to realize it’s not their imagination. Pope Francis has led them on a journey from joy to unease to alarm and even a sense of betrayal. They can no longer pretend that he represents merely a change of emphasis in papal teaching. Assessing the confusion sown by this pontificate, Lost Shepherd explains what’s at stake, what’s not at stake, and how loyal believers should respond.
April 28, 2018

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

By Father Peter John Cameron, O.P., CERC - This mystery of mysteries — "the central mystery of Christian faith and life" (CCC 234) — is especially difficult to understand.  We gain a way in by calling to mind a revelation of Saint John: God is love (1 Jn 4:8).*... The Church teaches that the Trinity is one of the divine mysteries that can never be known unless they are revealed by God.
April 27, 2018

From Victims to Survivors: How Churches Can Help Women Escape and Recover From the Sex Industry (With Powerful Video)

By Liberty McArtor, The Stream - On April 6, federal authorities shut down Backpage.com, the most popular site to advertise prostitution and sex trafficking victims, according to one U.S. study. Yet that same day, the Women’s March called the shutdown an “absolute crisis for sex workers.”...

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