A lot of the ideas dominating the synod’s first ten days seem to have been exported from western Europe—including an almost apocalyptic concern for “Mother/Sister Earth,” and a consequent squeamishness about proposing Jesus Christ as Lord and Redeemer. Continue Reading »
The John Paul II Institute has been hijacked by a new pack of Vandals conducting a new sack of Rome. Continue Reading »
The changes at the John Paul II Institute are part of a larger bid to force change in the Church. Continue Reading »
Recent research raises questions about the Kremlin's involvement in the 1981 assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. Continue Reading »
Wojtyła understood the difference between those for whom Marxism was a “fascinating abstraction” and those for whom communism was “an everyday reality.” Continue Reading »
Devotions by timothy murphy north dakota state, 192 pages, $24.95 Not a knee is padded in Timothy Murphy’s new collection. This is no minor point, considering that knee remains for the length of the volume perpetually bent and on the floor. Like the poet himself, these poems—religious . . . . Continue Reading »
When the temptation to ally the Church with a particular political party is not resisted, it invariably leads to trouble—politically and, more importantly, evangelically. Continue Reading »
Theodore McCarrick has been stripped of his status as cardinal for pursuing young men throughout his clerical career. “Uncle Ted” liked to take his “nephews” to bed with him. The public revelations of this fact evoked outrage. It was not so much that a churchman sinned as that he did so . . . . Continue Reading »
Fr. Newman has lived the priesthood of the New Evangelization in a singular way. Continue Reading »
There was serious Catholic failure in Latin America, and the bishops with whom I spoke were honest enough to admit it. Continue Reading »
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