Apologetics

Looking for Schism in All the Wrong Places

09/29/2019 at 11:13 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
BY MICHAEL WARREN DAVIS, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 Pope Francis boldly declared last week that he’s unafraid of “pseudo-schismatics”: a clique of (mostly American) rigorist prelates and journalists whom Francis regards as a kind of loyal opposition to his papacy. But why should he have been... read more

Teaching, and Living, the Real Presence in the Eucharist

09/12/2019 at 7:58 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
COMMENTARY: Church teachings make little sense when there is not a corresponding lived reality. Pia de Solenni, September 11, 2019 Editor’s Note: The Register will include this commentary in a special section dedicated to the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist in its Sept. 29 print... read more

A Pope who doesn’t fear schism may cause one

09/12/2019 at 10:24 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Phil Lawler, CatholicCulture.org, September 11, 2019 “I am not afraid of schisms,” Pope Francis told reporters during his latest airplane press conference. Well, I am. And I’m afraid of any Roman Pontiff who isn’t afraid of splitting the universal Church. Which means that, yes,... read more

New Anti-Porn Program Connects Men With Hope, Plan to Kick Addiction

09/03/2019 at 10:39 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
Program throws a lifeline to the pornography-obsessed. By Judy Roberts, September 2, 2019 Like many men addicted to pornography, Max had tried willpower and prayer to stop. It worked pretty well as long as the 19-year-old was living with other faithful Catholics. But when he returned home... read more

Only 26% of US Catholics under 40 Believe in the Real Presence, and That’s No Accident

08/10/2019 at 5:24 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Steve Skojec, August 6, 2019 New research from Pew published this month indicates that only 26% of US Catholics under the age of 40 believe in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. In his book, Index of Leading Catholic Indicators, Kenneth C. Jones cites a 1994 poll conducted by... read more

The Virtues of Reform

08/03/2019 at 5:29 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
BY Stephen P. White, August 1, 2019 “Virtue” is a word that doesn’t get as much use as it ought to these days. When it is used, it’s often misused to mean something like “moral talent” – an innate quality that some people just have while others don’t. But virtue, unlike talent,... read more

Students say changes at Rome’s JPII Institute undermine its mission

07/29/2019 at 4:21 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
by JD Flynn Vatican City, Jul 26, 2019 / 11:45 am (CNA).- More than 150 students at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute in Rome have signed a letter saying that newly approved statutes will undermine the institute’s mission and identity. “We want to express our greatest concern: the... read more

Jordan Peterson tells Bishop Barron that a church overemphasizing ‘mercy’ doesn’t ‘care’ about people

07/20/2019 at 5:29 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Pete Baklinski July 18, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – World-famous psychologist Jordan Peterson told U.S. Bishop Robert Barron that a church that emphasizes mercy and forgiveness while not requiring people to turn away from their evil ways is a church that does not really “care” about people.... read more

DC priest: celibacy allows a priest to give himself for others

07/18/2019 at 10:40 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency, July 17, 2019 Commentators and critics, Catholic and non-Catholic alike, have in recent months called for an end to the discipline of priestly celibacy, especially in the wake of revelations of widespread historical sexual abuse in the United States, and... read more

Educators Need More than ‘Male and Female He Created Them’

07/17/2019 at 3:40 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
Catholic educators need to recover tried-and-true lessons and habits that help young people preserve chastity, respect marriage and celebrate children. Patrick Reilly Blog, July 15, 2019 The Vatican has reasserted one of the most basic facts of Christian anthropology: “Male and Female He... read more

How to “Dialogue” Truthfully on Gender Ideology

07/15/2019 at 9:12 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
BY DANIEL GUERNSEY, JULY 15, 2019 If the Church invites dialogue about gender ideology and homosexuality, does this signal a possible compromise of Catholic doctrine? This question lies at the heart of the controversy over the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education’s recent document,... read more

Laxity in Seminaries as a Contributing Cause to the Sex-Abuse Crisis

07/11/2019 at 12:09 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Analysis: New Vatican constitution to centralize power in state secretariat

07/08/2019 at 10:54 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Cardinal Gerhard Muller: ‘True Reform of the Church Is About Her Renewal in Christ’

07/08/2019 at 9:20 AM By Kevin Edward White

Pope Francis on the loaves and fishes

07/03/2019 at 12:54 PM By Kevin Edward White

Evangelizing the Amazon and the Gift of Priestly Celibacy

06/27/2019 at 4:46 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Psychologist gives searing critique of Vatican’s new gender doc: a compromise with ‘neo-paganism’

06/16/2019 at 5:42 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Cato and St. Paul

06/15/2019 at 3:37 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

What Will Draw the “Nones” Back to Church?

06/11/2019 at 3:57 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Beware the Pitfalls of Curial Reform

06/01/2019 at 5:26 PM By Mary Anne Hackett