The impact of Origen, as a catechist and biblical commentator, rocked the Church for at least three centuries, causing strife over a host of doctrinal and pastoral issues. Many of his views were condemned by the Church at the Second Council of Constantinople in 553. Much of the problem was that, because Origen had written so much,…
This morning I was invited to be a guest on HuffPo Live, to do some Synod analysis. Here’s the relevant segment: (Original Source: HuffPo Live.) This afternoon, I’ll also be a panelist on the Public Radio International program, To the Point. Other guests will be Fr. James Martin, publisher of America Magazine; Fr. Thomas Rausch from Loyola…
Munkácsy Mihály: “Ecce Homo!” (1896) “[W]hen asked how he would like to be remembered, Francis simply responded: ‘As a good guy. … I hope they say: “He was a good guy who tried to do good.” I have no other aspirations.’” — Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. (Breitbart.com, May 25, 2015) “‘I do not like the word…
“When the Divine founder decreed that the Church should be one in faith, in government, and in communion, He chose Peter and his successors as the principle and centre, as it were, of this unity.” — Pope Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum §15 (1896) “[I]t is neither wise nor laudable to reduce everything to antiquity by…
Education, from the Latin ex-ducere, means “to lead out”—so the logical question is, lead out from what? From ignorance, error, and sin, into knowledge, truth, and holiness. It is a reflection of the journey of Israel, led from slavery in Egypt to freedom in Canaan. True education presupposes the Christian revelation of man’s fallen plight and…
On today’s episode, Steve talks to Dr. Michael Sirilla, professor of systematic theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville. Dr. Sirilla is also the editor of a new book from Emmaus Road publishing, entitled, From the Beginning: The Mission and Vocation of the Family in the Contemporary World. The book is the product of a symposium held…
Wherefore he saith: Rise thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead: and Christ shall enlighten thee. – Eph. 5:14 Despite the tremendously destructive threat posed by the Synod on the Family, it has accomplished – even before its completion – something of real value: it has given the entire world a front-row seat in…
There’s some fantastic commentary in the Catholic blogosphere today, and as I come across new gems I’ll be excerpting and/or sharing it here. I submit to you Fr. Hunwicke’s excellent assessment of the curiously specific Mottramism happening in a way that strains credulity: Some Cardinal called Wuerl has said “There are always people who are unhappy…
Let’s face it: even the people (like us) who can’t stop talking about the Synod would love to stop talking about the Synod. It’s hair-pulling, face-palming, day-drinking kind of stuff. Everyone deals with that differently. Today, Amy Welborn deals with it Breaking Bad style. It is to laugh.
For the last two years, the Vatican has trotted out its newly-minted expert and jack-of-all-trades, Jeffrey Sachs. Embracing the image of the stereotypical member of the Ivy League elite, the Harvard-educated economist-turned-polymath and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University propounds on every topic that passes his gaze – from poverty to global warming, climate change to Thomas…
Last Friday, the headlines from Rome screamed, “Archbishop Cupich lays out pathway for gay couples to receive Communion at Vatican press scrum,” a story so ribald it reads like something out of the heretical works of the Marquis de Sade. Archbishop Cupich of Chicago laid the whopper on the tableau of reporters that he can see a day when…
