Interview
My Uncle, Fulton Sheen
Joan Sheen Cunningham remembers life with her uncle, Archbishop Fulton Sheen, who was the face of the American Catholic Church for decades. […]
Month: September 2012
General
It took some fortitude to write this for the …
… opinion pages of The Washington Post: It’s undeniable that, from age to age, marriage has been humanity’s greatest success and source of prosperity, crossing all cultures and religions. We shouldn’t mess with it. But […]
General
“10 Ways Catholics Can Live the Year of Faith”, by Bp. David Ricken
From the USCCB site: To honor the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council and the twentieth anniversary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI has announced a Year of Faith, starting October […]
General
Pope exhorts Christians to “act and express themselves with a prophetic spirit” in public square
The Vatican Information Service reports on an address given today by Benedict XVI to participants “in a meeting being promoted by the Christian Democrat International”. The Pope’s remarks address many of the same problems and […]
Essay
On Cultivating the Mind that is Catholic
Reading blogs is not typically something I care to tread into. More often than not, it seems that blogs have become merely an outlet for those who neither want nor seek genuine and fruitful intellectual […]
General
Questions and Answers
The essence of modernity stems from Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Bacon. Its project is to build man’s estate on the basis of “rights” that he himself defines. No transcendent order can be located. The City of […]
Analysis
Unity of Faith in a Diversity of Traditions
It was impossible not to notice the colorful, varied display of liturgical vestments and clerical garb during the recent papal visit to Lebanon. The rich cultural diversity among Christians in the Middle East gives witness […]
Analysis
What Cardinal Martini Said, and What He Didn’t Say
Let’s face it—there are times when matters that exercise Catholics in their intra-Church dogfights look rather small in comparison to the great themes of faith. As I was reading some of the whooping by progressive […]
General
The theology of Abp. Joseph Augustine DiNoia, O.P.
Archbishop Joseph Augustine DiNoia, O.P., is a very fine theologian who taught theology for decades and has written extensively. Several questions about his teachings are probably on the minds of Traditionalist Catholics since his recent […]
General
Pope on many connections between Year of Faith, anniversary of Council, CCC, new evangelization
From the Vatican Information Service: Vatican City, (VIS) – “As members of the college of bishops, you must always have particular care for the universal Church, especially by promoting and defending the unity of the […]