Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Why Do All the Bad Guys, and Some Good Guys, Still Defend Vatican II?

“This is magisterium: the Council is the magisterium of the Church. Either you are with the Church and therefore you follow the Council, and if you do not follow the Council or you interpret it in your own way, as you wish, you are not with the Church. We must be demanding and strict on […]

“No one” supports abortion up until birth? In a twisted sense, that’s true…..

“No one supports abortion up until birth,” tweeted Jen Psaki, the former Biden press secretary, after this week’s GOP presidential debate. She was wrong — quite obviously, demonstrably wrong. But in several twisted senses she was right.If you take things literally — that is, if you use words to convey truth rather than propaganda —then […]

Rigidity in reality: On Pope Francis’ use of the term…

In a recent Angelus address, Pope Francis highlighted Our Lord’s willingness to “change his mind” about healing the daughter of the Canaanite woman in response to her pleas, as recounted in Matthew’s gospel (15:21-28). Thus, the Pope recommended Christ as a model for avoiding what Francis so clearly regards as a capital sin: Rigidity. Our […]

Wyoming bishop cleared of abuse by the Vatican dies at 91

St. Mary Cathedral in Cheyenne, Wyoming. / Credit: Always dreamin, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons St. Louis, Mo., Aug 25, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Bishop Joseph Hart, who led the Diocese of Cheyenne, Wyoming, from 1978 until his 70th birthday in 2001… […]