Catechesis

The False Christ of “The Chosen”

02/20/2024 at 9:03 PM By Kevin Edward White
Just when we thought we had blessedly stamped out the cartoon, CCD “Jesus,” a newer, slicker incarnation of this caricature has seeped back into the Catholic Church in the form of "The Chosen." By Leila Miller, Crisis Magazine, February 20, 2024 My generation first met the... read more

The Improper Catechesis of Catholic Schools

05/31/2023 at 11:12 AM By Kevin Edward White
Many Catholic schools seek to make the Holy Mass a “teaching moment.” The error of this is that the Mass is not about us, and it is not for us to decide what it is for. By Joshua Long, Crisis Magazine, May 31, 2023 Catholic schools are in the midst of an unprecedented crisis. Dazzled by... read more

The One Thread By Which the Council Hangs: a Response to Cavadini, Healy, and Weinandy

01/23/2023 at 9:52 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Dom Alcuin Reid, One Peter Five, January 19, 2023 “Don’t touch that! If you do, everything will collapse!” The warning is clear enough. Any sensible person would rapidly desist, lest their one seemingly minor act bring everything crashing down, undoing the work of many days, weeks,... read more

BARNA STUDY: Non-Denominational Pastors Far Outpace Other Groups Regarding Biblical Worldview

09/06/2022 at 9:46 PM By Kevin Edward White
Jones Literary, September 6, 2022 Earlier this year, research from the American Worldview Inventory 2022, conducted by Dr. George Barna and the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University, revealed that just 37% of Christian pastors have a biblical worldview. A new report,... read more

The Bishops and Eucharistic Coherence

03/18/2021 at 4:29 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Judie Brown, American Life League, March 16, 2021 Coherence is the logical way of presenting the facts. It is another word for consistency. Since the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has decided to address Eucharistic coherence, we can presume that they have deemed it a matter of... read more

Analysis: The communion controversy could be far greater than just pro-abortion politicians

02/11/2021 at 5:28 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Matt Hadro Washington D.C., Feb 10, 2021 / 10:00 am MT (CNA).- Once again, U.S. bishops are debating whether to apply the canonical penalty of denying Communion to unrepentantly pro-abortion Catholic politicians. While this conversation has been occurring for years within the conference,... read more

Bishops must act on—not just talk about—Biden’s abortion advocacy

02/06/2021 at 4:41 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Phil Lawler | Jan 25, 2021 Spare me, please, from the excited praise of “courageous” American bishops who have issued statements saying that abortion advocacy by President Biden (and other Catholic politicians) is incompatible with the Catholic faith. Of course it’s incompatible... read more

The Solemnity of Christ the King

11/21/2020 at 10:52 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
BY D.D. EMMONS On the last Sunday of the liturgical year, Catholics celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King. A relative newcomer to the Church calendar — established in the 20th century — this feast is designed to give special recognition to the dominion Christ our Lord has over all... read more

ASK FATHER: Since the Church does nothing about Joe Biden, what commandments do I have to follow?

11/21/2020 at 10:20 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
Posted on 14 November 2020 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf GUEST PRIEST RESPONSE: Fr. Tim Ferguson A good and timely question. And a dangerous one to answer. I think we have to recognize the precarious nature of the times we live in – but at the same time, recognize that the times have always... read more

OPINION Bishop Schneider: Deception via hairsplitting – civil ‘union’ vs ‘cohabitation’

11/04/2020 at 4:37 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
OPINION By Bishop Schneider Every normal-thinking person understands the expression that the Pope uses here as a form of a cohabitation legally recognized by the state, as a stable cohabitation ('Convivencia') of a homosexual couple, and thus as a legal recognition of the homosexual... read more

The Church Can’t Change Christ’s Doctrine and Won’t Give Up on Souls

10/30/2020 at 11:12 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
“Respect for homosexual persons cannot lead in any way to approval of homosexual behavior or to legal recognition of homosexual unions.” Regis Martin Blog, October 28, 2020 Hilaire Belloc, who died in 1953, was a writer I greatly admired — indeed, whose splendid prose, as his friend... read more

Bishop Schneider praises Voice of the Family’s new, free, online Catholic catechism course

10/22/2020 at 12:04 PM By Kevin Edward White

Pope Francis Calls for Civil Union Law for Same-Sex Couples, in Shift From Vatican Stance?

10/21/2020 at 11:40 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Religious Freedom Is On Your Ballot

09/28/2020 at 11:02 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Bishop Paprocki: Catholic Church Can Provide a Clear Path for COVID-19 Response

09/20/2020 at 3:58 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Bishops’ main duty is to safeguard their flock’s salvation – and many fail

09/02/2020 at 12:05 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

The US bishops’ one-sided ‘dialogue’ with Joe Biden

08/23/2020 at 4:05 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Substitutes for Thought

08/23/2020 at 3:52 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Cardinal Pell Speaks on Maintaining Hope in Prison, Touches on Vatican Finances

08/22/2020 at 12:06 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

The Archbishop of Paris is Right: Humanae Vitae is Prophetic

07/26/2020 at 5:05 PM By Mary Anne Hackett