A Catholic Call to Abolish Antisemitism
Simone Rizkallah, PhilosCatholic: Mary, just two weeks after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, you delivered the keynote address at a conference at Franciscan University of Steubenville titled “Nostra
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The Devil Has No Knees
As a Byzantine Catholic, I can always tell if someone has little exposure to the Eastern Christian tradition because of two things. One, when they visit a Byzantine Church, they
The Pope, the Border, and the Law
Pope Francis’ Letter to the Bishops of the United States on what he describes as “the major crisis that is taking place in the United States with the initiation of
The King’s Good Servant and Conscience
I traveled to England this summer to speak at the Oxford Patristics Conference. While I was there, I had time to make two long-desired pilgrimages. The first pilgrimage came in
Christification: A Review of Fr. Robert Imbelli’s ‘Christ Brings All Newness’
This year, I have been teaching a course on the Gospel of John at a local Roman Catholic parish. As one might expect, John’s Gospel – with its depth and
Forty Blessed Years a Priest
I was ordained a priest on December 1, 1984, by the late Archbishop John J. O’Connor at New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Forty years later, I am moved to thank
The Decomposition of Synodality
Today, October 22, 2024, marks the twentieth anniversary of the death of Louis Bouyer, the French Catholic priest who is seen as too Progressive by some traditionalist Catholics and too
Two Perspectives on the Synod’s New ‘Working Document’
Revolution Masquerading as Deeper Fidelity Fr. Gerald E. Murray The Instrumentum laboris [IL] for the October 2024 Synodal Assembly has now been published. The topic for consideration by the synod
Cardinal McElroy Denounces the ‘Haters’
“It is essential to safeguard the deposit of faith,” Cardinal Robert McElroy affirmed in his recent address to the Los Angeles Archdiocesan Religious Education Congress. Yet he next posed this
Untangling Some Crucial Questions
Fr. Gerald E. Murray: Pastoral charity which ignores or, worse, contradicts God’s revealed truth is not charity, but pseudo-charity. Kindness or tenderness have their place, but when they degenerate into confirming the faithful in the commission of mortally sinful acts become a cruel caricature of the love a pastor of the Church owes to sinners when they come to him. Read more.
‘Outing’ the Liberal Catholic Project
Liberalism is gaining the upper hand in the Church because Pope Francis is ignoring the mortal threat that it is. The Synod on Synodality promises to be the long-awaited opportunity to attempt once and for all to bury Catholicism centered upon the eternal salvation of souls in Christ, and replace it with the new and improved Catholicism of judgment-free human coexistence in which the paramount goal is to make everyone feel included, appreciated and affirmed in whatever personal choices they make in life, unless one chooses to embrace Catholicism centered upon the eternal salvation of souls in Christ. Read more.
The Worsening Crisis
The worsening crisis in the Catholic Church is the product of bold, unapologetic doctrinal infidelity spearheaded by influential churchmen and women who calmly operate without the least sign of papal