Does the Holy Spirit Still Guide the Church? by Eric Sammons

By Eric Sammons, Crisis Magazine, Sept. 8, 2022

Eric Sammons is the Editor-in-Chief of Crisis Magazine and the Executive Director of Crisis Publications.

In a recent podcast I argued that the Catholic Church’s involvement in the ecumenical movement has been a failure and should be abandoned. A listener concluded from this that I apparently don’t believe the Holy Spirit guides the Church.

This accusation is leveled frequently against those willing to criticize the Church hierarchy (or even those who simply point out that the Church is currently in a significant crisis). After all, if God the Holy Spirit is guiding the Church, then surely major decisions made by the hierarchy, such as the Church’s involvement in ecumenism, must be under the guidance of God Himself. Who are we to question Him?…

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