Tag: Catholicism
Piers Morgan and Other Stupid “Catholics”
Thirty years ago, before I came back to the Church, I had a conversation just like this with a practicing Catholic — him rejecting a basic tenet and me affirming it as a doctrine Catholics must believe. It seemed bizarre to me, then, but that was only because I’d been …
We’ll Leave the Light on for You
Renew the Face of the Earth
This reality of a divided Christendom is sin and is a scandal. It damages the holy task that is the mission given by the Spirit to spread the Gospel all over the world in order to reconcile peoples and to bring them together. — Cardinal Walter Kasper
Show Your Faith!
The Manhattan Declaration A Call of Christian Conscience Christians, when they have lived up to the highest ideals of their faith, have defended the weak and vulnerable and worked tirelessly to protect and strengthen vital institutions of civil society, beginning with the family. We are Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical Christians …
Come On In. The Water’s Fine.
On Thursday, a community of Episcopal nuns and their chaplain will be received into the Catholic Church by the archbishop of Baltimore. — Zenit We could use more orthodox Catholics. Maybe we could start an exchange program and trade our bad nuns for their good ones. (See post above.)
The Son of the Living God
How is Jesus different from Buddha, Confucius, and Mohammed? Was Jesus just a good man, or was He God? How do we know that Jesus started a church? Is it possible to find that Church today? How can Mary be called the Mother of God? Is Jesus really present in …