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By Kathleen Curran Sweeney Kathleen Curran Sweeney holds a Master’s degree in Theological Studies in Marriage and Family from the John Paul II Institute in Washington, DC, an M.A. in History from the University of Washington, and a B.A. from Seattle University. She has published articles on pro-life topics, bioethics, theology, education, and history. The crisis facing the Church at this time has challenged the faith of countless Catholics in the durability of the Rock, which is the Church as promised by Christ. In an effort to avoid precisely this loss of trust, many in the hierarchy went to extraordinary …

David G. Bonagura, Jr. teaches classical languages at St. Joseph’s Seminary, New York. He is the author of Steadfast in Faith: Catholicism and the Challenges of Secularism (Cluny Media). Two elderly priests I know have offered complementary insights into our current cultural crisis: “Social engineering is preceded by verbal engineering,” and “Those who win the language wars win the culture wars.” Language carefully hones, shapes—or distorts—our culture. And, since language is our medium for comprehension, our use of language directly impacts our ability to know the truth. Today abortion supporters are using language in unprecedented ways that sickens our culture …

Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille is associate professor and chairman of the Department of Theology-Philosophy, University of Saint Francis (Fort Wayne, IN) and author of Orthodoxy and the Roman Papacy (University of Notre Dame, 2011). Theologian and sociologist Stephen Bullivant says a big part of his argument in Mass Exodus is “that the ‘social architecture’ that had sustained and strengthened Catholic life and identity was well on the road to passing away by the time the Council came along.” Stephen Bullivant is Professor of Theology and the Sociology of Religion at St. Mary’s University in London, where is also Director of …

Bioethics   Wesley Smith   Jul 5, 2019   |   5:34PM    Sacramento, CA Back in 2004, the university-biotech complex and its camp followers in the media and Hollywood convinced California voters to borrow $3 Billion to establish the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). Its purpose was to pay for embryonic stem-cell and human-cloning research over which the federal-government imposed funding restrictions. The campaign promised cures, and sold itself as a way to defy Bush’s modest embryonic stem-cell federal-funding restrictions. Fifteen years later, the money is running out — and whaddya know? It turns out the promises were …

Above, pilgrims visit the exposition of the Shroud of Turin in Turin, Italy, on April 18, 2015. Below, an exhibit on the shroud on Sept. 12, 2017. (Stefano Guidi / Shutterstock.com and Elena Castaldi Viora / Shutterstock.com) World |  Aug. 5, 2019 The Shroud of Turin: Latest Study Deepens Mystery. Researchers cast doubt on the findings of the controversial 1988 study. K.V. Turley A new French-Italian study on the Shroud of Turin throws doubt on what many thought was the definitive dating of the cloth believed by millions to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ. This latest two-year study was …

The apostasy of the famed Christian author illustrates the need for a more Catholic anthropology. Sophia Feingold In 1952, during the height of an era hailed retrospectively as one of American wholesomeness, a movie and two recordings introduced a new song: When I fall in love it will be forever, Or I’ll never fall in love. In a restless world like this is Love is ended before it’s begun, And too many moonlight kisses Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun. When I give my heart it will be completely, Or I’ll never give my heart; And the …