In what is an ongoing frustration for many Catholics, the Vatican continues to insist on friendly relations with Islam. It started with Nostra Aetate #3 and Lumen Gentium #16, neither of which are particularly compatible with what the saints previously said about Islam. Since the Second Vatican Council, this innovative understanding of a religion Catholic thinkers like…
For me, the worst part of running a non-profit is fundraising. I got into this business to give something, not to ask for something. Whether I like it or not, though, our content doesn’t produce itself. This has become my full-time job. From website administration to ad sales to content editing to podcast production to writing to graphic…
(Editor’s note: this is Part III of a three-part essay. You can read Part I here and Part II here.) Part III According to George Cardinal Pell, the build up to the Second Vatican Council “was an enormously exciting time, a time of great intellectual ferment. We were caught up in this great movement of reform,…
Amid all of the coverage of Bishop Robert Finn’s resignation on Tuesday was a very telling quote from the former chancellor of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. Jude Huntz, who was chancellor under Finn from 2011 until August 2014, when he left to become the Director of the Office for Peace and Justice in…
In trying times like ours, one can’t help but wonder where and when we will see divine intervention to help us dispel the growing darkness in the world. Now, in Nigeria, it appears that just such a thing may have happened: Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme, head of the Diocese of Maiduguri in Nigeria’s Borno State, was…
Here is an idea I’d like to propose to my brother priests. Make the Sacrament of Confession as accessible as possible. For me, I knew it was difficult (if not impossible), to sit over in Church in the Confessional all day. Parish life is quite a bit more demanding than the days of St. John…
By now you’ve probably seen the video. Simple text overlaid on sweeping and beautiful natural vistas set to a serene — but determined — instrumental soundtrack. Subtle stylistic choices: the use of lens flare, vintage film effects, and mirroring; the use of just enough motion graphics to make a point without being distracting. Beneath it all,…
A powerful and thought-provoking video that offers a Christian response to ISIS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSv4vBcFyvo?rel=0 UPDATE (4/21/15 @ 9:29AM): Last night, I was granted an exclusive interview with Michael Chang, the creator of this video. You can read it here.
The hits just keep coming for Catholic Relief Services, the “international relief and development agency of the Catholic community in the United States” which was founded by the US Catholic Bishops. Recently CRS was exposed for having helped implement a graphic sex-ed program called My Changing Body. Today, new revelations show a troubling situation within the organization’s…
You wanted more Ann Barnhardt, you got more Ann Barnhardt. Go here to listen.
On today’s episode, Steve talks to Ann Barnhardt about the crisis in the Church, Synod predictions, and the coming persecution. [powerpress] Links to items mentioned in this episode: Ann Barnhardt’s Official Website Revolution in Tiara and Cope: A History of Church Infiltration Veils by Lilly Why husbands who share household chores miss out on…
