All posts by Kevin Edward White

Diocese was justified in firing gay teacher, rules federal appeals court

05/09/2024 at 5:55 PM By Kevin Edward White
By John Lavenburg/Crux, Catholic Herald (UK), May 9, 2024 NEW YORK – In a reversal of a 2021 decision, a federal appeals court has ruled that a Catholic school in the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, was justified in firing a substitute teacher over his same-sex relationship. Lonnie... read more

Why I Didn’t Sign the Call for the Resignation of Pope Francis

05/08/2024 at 5:18 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Eric Sammons, Editor, Crisis Magazine, May 7, 2024 [Eric Sammons was our July 2023 Catholic Citizens of Illinois forum Luncheon featured speaker, speaking on :"Our American Catholic Shepherds: Sheep in Wolves’ Clothing?” Our video of his appearance can be found at out Catholic Citizens... read more

On Friday, June 14, 2024 Catholic editor (“Catholic World News”), journalist (“Catholic Culture”), and author Phil Lawler on: “WHY IS THIS POPE SUCH A PUZZLE?”

05/08/2024 at 3:49 PM By Kevin Edward White
The Book of Genesis recounts how the Babylonians undertook to build a great tower to avoid their being scattered.  Seeing the mischief this would lead to, God “confused their language,” Genesis 11: 1-9.  At first blush, no doubt, this was seen as a great tragedy.  But, it also... read more

The Nature of the Moment

05/08/2024 at 12:10 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Francis X. Maier, May 8, 2024 I spent nearly three decades working in senior diocesan positions.  I saw the failures, problems, and human sins of Church life in an intimate way.  None of it diminished my faith or damaged my trust in the Church or her teachings.  The reason is... read more

Transparently bad faith: Answering “LGBTQ” critics of Dignitas Infinita

05/07/2024 at 5:45 PM By Kevin Edward White
Uniformly absent from these criticisms of the document on human dignity is any true theological argument—nothing based on the rich doctrinal teachings of the Church, Scripture, not to mention Divine Revelation itself. By Monica Migliorino Miller, Catholic World Report, May 7, 2024 I... read more

A turn to sanity? SCOTUS upholds Idaho law limiting “transitioning”

05/07/2024 at 5:37 PM By Kevin Edward White
Idaho is the second state to bar health providers from performing gender-transition surgeries, prescribing puberty blockers, or providing hormone treatments for those under eighteen. By Charles J. Russo, The Dispatch/ Catholic World Report, May 7, 2024 Amid ongoing controversy over... read more

Keane’ for Rupnik

05/07/2024 at 11:26 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Brad Miner, Catholic Thing, May 7, 2024 Father Marko Rupnik’s work reminds me of the art attributed to Walter Keane, the American artist who was popular in the 1960s. His paintings of big-eyed girls and women, and of animals remain enduringly popular on posters, prints, and... read more

No sign of POW deal as Ukrainians, Russians mark Easter

05/06/2024 at 5:44 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Luke Coppen, The Pillar, May 6, 2024  The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church highlighted the plight of Ukrainians in Russian captivity as he led Easter celebrations Sunday. Celebrating the Easter Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at Kyiv’s Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ May... read more

‘Veritatis Splendor’ priests expected to leave Tyler diocese

05/06/2024 at 5:29 PM By Kevin Edward White
By The Pillar Staff, May 6, 2024   A group of priests associated with a controversial residential project in the Diocese of Tyler, Texas is expected to leave the diocese, as their efforts to reach a stable canonical status have faltered, according to sources close to the diocese. Bishop... read more

Virginia Catholic bishops urge Gov. Youngkin to veto contraception mandate bills

05/05/2024 at 2:11 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Tyler Arnold, Catholic News Agency, May 1, 2024 Both Roman Catholic dioceses in Virginia are urging Gov. Glenn Youngkin to veto bills that would establish a “right to contraception” and require health insurance companies to provide coverage for contraception — but do not... read more

The Eucharistic Pilgrimage of Christian Life

05/05/2024 at 12:11 PM By Kevin Edward White
COMMENTARY: What the Church in the United States is doing in combining pilgrimages and Eucharistic processions is something that has never been attempted in the long history of the Catholic Church. By Father Roger Landry, National Catholic Register, May 5, 2024 On the weekend on which... read more

Hungary’s Pro-Family Policies Should Prompt US Conservatives to Rethink Their Mindset, Says Gladden Pappin

05/04/2024 at 9:28 PM By Kevin Edward White

The scandals haunting Pope Francis Scheming cardinals are sharpening their knives

05/04/2024 at 12:48 PM By Kevin Edward White

Shocker: 72% of Catholics Don’t Go to Sunday Mass?

05/04/2024 at 11:57 AM By Kevin Edward White

Diane Montagna Interviews Edward Feser on ‘Dignitas infinita’

05/04/2024 at 7:36 AM By Kevin Edward White

Pope Francis’ Letter to Parish Priests: Repairing Rifts, Grounding Vision, and Cultivating Fraternity

05/03/2024 at 10:19 PM By Kevin Edward White

Catholics’ support swings for Trump over Biden by significant margin: poll

05/03/2024 at 10:07 PM By Kevin Edward White

Big Families, Wide Sidewalks, and Frogs

05/03/2024 at 9:10 PM By Kevin Edward White

Archdiocese of New Orleans suspected of child sex trafficking, warrant shows

05/01/2024 at 7:32 PM By Kevin Edward White

Supreme Court Turns Down Porn Group’s Plea to Block Texas Age-Verification Law

05/01/2024 at 7:22 PM By Kevin Edward White