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October 29, 2019

Papal Interviewer: ‘So Many Bishops’ Disagree With Francis But Are ‘Afraid’ to Say So, by Jeanne Smits

By Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent, LifeSiteNews - “Today with Bergoglio we have the impression that they want to get their hands on doctrine in some way. The pope is the guardian of the depositum fidei. After the Council, the three great popes Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI greatly modernized the spirit with which to read and live out the Gospel, but they never permitted themselves to touch the doctrine,” he said.
October 23, 2019

The Crisis of Catholic Leadership, by Dan Hitchens

By Dan Hitchens, National Review - The Church continues to hit new, dysfunctional lows — and the faithful are noticing.In the last 48 hours there have been two big Vatican stories. First, revelations about the Holy See’s financial crisis; second, and more bizarrely, a furious dispute over statues being thrown into the Tiber. But really it’s all one story, the big story of contemporary Catholicism: a disastrous failure of leadership at the top of the Church.
October 21, 2019

To Promote Strong Families, America Needs a Shift in Economic Policy, by C C Pecknold

By C C Pecknold, Catholic Herald - Nearly a decade ago, Andrew Cherlin, a sociologist at the Johns Hopkins University, published a book called The Marriage-Go-Round which brought thirty years of research to bear on the state of marriage in America. One of his several dramatic findings was that Americans no longer saw marriage as something foundational for their lives but rather as a “capstone” to a successful life. Because of contraceptive technology, the sexual urge no longer propelled people into marrying young as it once did...
October 15, 2019

Fr. Jerry Pokorsky: Are Marian Devotions Excessive?

By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Catholic Culture - We all have an abiding desire for maternal affection. The history books of the American Civil War are replete with touching accounts of dying soldiers in agony calling upon their mothers like little boys. Even the toughest among us grasp for the love of a mother at the hour of death. Prayers composed by the Church in honor of Our Lady honestly recognize a primordial need for a mother’s love.

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