In a Jan. 18 podcast with former senator and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that support of pro-life voters for former President Donald Trump was an issue that “gives me great grief as a Catholic.” San Francisco, Calif., Jan 21, 2021 / 01:20 pm (CNA).- The Archbishop of San Francisco on Thursday responded to the Speaker of the House accusing pro-life Trump voters of being sellouts. In a Jan. 18 podcast with former senator and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that support of pro-life voters for former President Donald Trump was an …
Category: Apologetics
“All the way to Heaven is Heaven”: 7 basic steps to holiness
Life here below is all about the pursuit of sanctity. How does one go about that process, so as to know the greatest measure of fulfillment now, as well as beatitude for all eternity? Print About Peter M.J. Stravinskas 175 ArticlesReverend Peter M.J. Stravinskas is the editor of the The Catholic Response, and the author of over 500 articles for numerous Catholic publications, as well as several books, including The Catholic Church and the Bible and Understanding the Sacraments. Editor’s note: The following homily was preached by the Reverend Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Ph.D., S.T.D., on Sunday, November 19, 2017 at the Church of the Holy Innocents, …
What do all of the false Christs of our age have in common?
About Carl E. Olson 1148 ArticlesCarl E. Olson is editor of Catholic World Report and Ignatius Insight. He is the author of Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?, Will Catholics Be “Left Behind”?, co-editor/contributor to Called To Be the Children of God, co-author of The Da Vinci Hoax (Ignatius), and author of the “Catholicism” and “Priest Prophet King” Study Guides for Bishop Robert Barron/Word on Fire. He is also a contributor to “Our Sunday Visitor” newspaper, “The Catholic Answer” magazine, “The Imaginative Conservative”, “The Catholic Herald”, “National Catholic Register”, “Chronicles”, and other publications. Readings:• Jer 20:7-10• Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9• Rom 12:1-2• Mt 16:21-27 There …
On the genius and love of St. John of the Cross
The great mystic gave us a portrait of his own manner when he sketched out his counsels on how all of us are to behave under duress. Editor’s note: The following is from Fire Within: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the Gospel—On Prayer, by Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M. Fr. Dubay was a well-known retreat master and expert in the spiritual life who died in 2010. A Marist priest, Fr. Dubay was a popular retreat master who wrote over twenty books, many of them published by Ignatius Press. When we compare the amount of information available about the person …
Spiritual direction: What is it, who needs it, and why?
Seated in a comfy leather chair in a rust-colored office near downtown Denver, McDowell serenely and thoughtfully explains the “art and science” of her particular trade – and it’s not surprising to learn that she has a background in clinical psychology. Today, McDowell serves not as a psychologist, but as one of many spiritual directors available to Catholics and other Christians through the Lanteri Center for Ignatian Spirituality in Denver, Colorado. The center is a house founded by the Oblates of the Virgin Mary, with the mission of bringing spiritual direction to the “popular level” of parishes and lay people. …
7 Gifts and 12 Fruits Of The Holy Spirit That Sanctify Us And Make Us Into Other Christs
Everything that we traditional Catholics believe in and do must have only one end; HOLINESS. The work of the Holy Spirit is to SANCTIFY US and make us into other christs. Prophet Isaias writes about the 7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit. 1) Wisdom. This enables us to know God and esteem divine things above worldly things. 2) Understanding. Helps us to understand our Catholic Faith, the Bible and Saints. 3) Counsel. This is the knowledge necessary to guide ourselves and others to do God’s will. It helps us help others get through spiritual and temporal problems. 4) Fortitude. This …
For Integralism: A Realist’s Case for the Confessional State – Against Integralism: A Thomist’s Case for Limited Government
For Integralism: A Realist’s Case for the Confessional State by Jonathan Culbreath Jonathan Culbreath is a graduate of Thomas Aquinas College, and has studied philosophy at the graduate level at the University of Leuven in Belgium. He is an assistant editor at The Josias, an online manual of Catholic social teaching and Catholic integralism. He lives with his wife and son in Southern California, where he teaches Latin at a small Catholic high school. He tweets @maestrojmc. Catholic integralism holds that the state must confess the Catholic religion. Integralism follows the teaching of Pope Leo XIII (as in his encyclical Immortale Dei) …
ON VATICAN II NEWS: COMMENTARY
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò is countering suggestions that, through his recent criticism of Vatican II, he is flirting with schism. In an open letter to Italian journalist Sandro Magister, the Vatican whistleblower reaffirms the need to highlight unresolved problems stemming from the Second Vatican Council and warns that “conspirators” have capitalized on the 1962–65 gathering to “demolish the Church from within.” 3 July 2020Saint Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr Dear Mr. Magister, Permit me to reply to your article “Archbishop Viganò on the Brink of Schism,” published at Settimo Cielo on June 29. I am aware that having dared to express an opinion strongly critical of the …
Wojtyla’s Athenian catechesis: An antidote to the culture of veriphobia
About Eduardo Echeverria 25 ArticlesEduardo Echeverria is Professor of Philosophy and Systematic Theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. He earned his doctorate in philosophy from the Free University in Amsterdam and his S.T.L. from the University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome. A review of Archbishop Karol Wojtyla’s newly discovered and published 1965 reflections on St. Paul’s discourse at the Areopagus, titled Teachings for an Unbelieving World. Archbishop Karol Wojtyla’s newly discovered 1965 reflections on St. Paul’s discourse at the Areopagus (Acts 17: 16-32), Mars Hill, is the starting point for Wojtyla’s cycle of catecheses in this book, Teachings for an …
The Dangers of Proliferating Communion Service
Fr. Jerry Pokorsky is a priest of the Diocese of Arlington who has also served as a financial administrator in the Diocese of Lincoln. Trained in business and accounting, he also holds a Master of Divinity and a Master’s in moral theology. Father Pokorsky co-founded both CREDO and Adoremus, two organizations deeply engaged in authentic liturgical renewal. He writes regularly for a number of Catholic websites and magazines. The cancellation of the public celebration of the Mass in dioceses across the US and the world—beginning in Rome—has established dangerous precedents. In addition to the breathtaking surrender to secular authorities with no …