In the wake of the consistory, we need to debunk three persistent myths about cardinals…
Pope Francis yesterday created 20 new cardinals, including 16 under the age of 80 and thus eligible to vote for the next pope. It was Francis’s eighth consistory, and whenever we get a new crop of Princes of the Church, several chronic misconceptions tend to head once more unto the breach. Herewith, three conceptual mistakes […]
Was King Arthur a real person? Is there any truth behind the legends?
A cold, wind-driven rain soaks through my parka as I walk across a narrow foot-bridge that links the Cornwall mainland in southwest England to a rocky promontory overlooking the Bristol Channel. Far below this cantilevered span, waves crash against the cliffs and swirl inside a grotto known as Merlin’s Cave. Win Scutt, a burly…
Video: Spectacular shots from a drone camera flying over Mount Everest…
DJI is one of the most well-known drone manufacturers in the world, and while they probably don’t necessarily need any promotional work to spread their brand amongst drone enthusiasts, the video below is certainly going to help them to move some product. DJI sent one of their Mavic 3 drones with an expedition crew on […]
What true development in moral theology looks like…
Faith does not depend upon our own reasonings and feelings. It responds to the revelation of God, which exceeds all of our own capacities. On our own, we could not know God and could have no certainty of supernatural realities. This includes our happiness, which is not found in the realization of any earthly good; […]
We all know about Luther. But did you know that there were Protestants who came before the Protestants?
The proto-Protestants were heretics in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries whose teachings and actions laid the groundwork for Martin Luther, John Calvin, and other sixteenth-century Reformers. They advocated the later bedrock Protestant principle of sola scriptura, or the belief that the only authoritative source of God’s divine revelation is Sacred Scripture…
Journalists should ask if faith-based schools clearly state their doctrines on sexuality…
I forget who originally came up with the term “Romeaphobia.” This can be defined as the hatred or fear of all things that can be viewed as links to Roman Catholicism or the early church in general. Obviously, this affects issues linked to worship and church governance. However, in my experience (I grew up in […]
Jesus Takes the Lowest Place at Our Table: The Food…
Jesus gives a lesson in humility that he fulfills in the most amazing way possible on the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C. What he does is so amazing, in fact, that many Christians in America simply don’t believe he actually did it. Jesus enters the home of a leading Pharisee and is watched […]
Cardinal McElroy celebrates Mass of Thanksgiving in Rome
Cardinal Robert McElroy, bishop of San Diego, celebrates Mass at St. Patrick’s Church in Rome Aug. 28, 2022. / Hannah Brockhaus/CNA Rome, Italy, Aug 28, 2022 / 12:26 pm (CNA). Cardinal Robert McElroy spoke about Christian humility Sunday, at his first public Mass since he was elevated to the College of Cardinals by Pope Francis. […]
Beyond Sunday: Practical Ways Men Can Live Catholicism Daily
This is great advice! 💪 On this episode of The Catholic Gentleman, podcast hosts Sam Guzman and John Heinen discuss how men The post Beyond Sunday: Practical Ways Men Can Live Catholicism Daily appeared first on .
Certain images from the consistory in Rome speak volumes
One ought always to be wary of “world-in-a-nutshell” images, which only with vanishing rarity show what they purport (or are purported) to show. That’s why I didn’t make much of the images from Saturday’s consistory, […]