Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Fourth Century “Mothers of the Church”

Religious life as we know it today, both contemplative and active, has evolved over two millennia. In this third of four articles, Christine Schenk explores the contribution of prominent 4th century Christian women who founded monasteries, laying the foundation for the life now lived by women religious. Read all  

Ex Corde Ecclesiae Still Matters

Despite the celebratory headline in National Catholic Reporter proclaiming that “Pope Francis Has Changed the Mission for Catholic Colleges and Universities,” faithful Catholics should reject the misplaced triumphalism promoted by progressive professors that Catholic colleges should give up their primary mission to save souls. Pope Francis has not changed the evangelizing mission of Catholic… Source

The False Christ of The Chosen

My generation first met the happy, hippie “Jesus” in our 1970s and ’80s CCD classes. He was a super-nice dude, not scary or stern or particularly demanding. This was a new, enlightened era, after all, and the old paradigms would no longer do. As I’ve often described of those vacuous catechetical times, “the God presented […]

Francis Summons Revolutionaries To The Vatican To Remake The Church

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Punished for Getting Married

In traditional marriage vows, husband and wife promise to care for each other “in sickness and in health, till death do us part.” But when one or both of the intended spouses are sufficiently sick or disabled, the United States government is the unwelcome wedding guest who offers a reason why these two should not […]

Vatican orders German bishops to halt vote on disputed ‘Synodal Committee’

ROME – As the German bishops meet this week to advance their national reform process, the Vatican has threatened canonical action if they refuse to comply with an order to halt a vote on the statutes of a controversial new committee that had previously been disapproved. As part of their current Feb. 19-22 general assembly […]

Why Feminists Should Celebrate the Middle Ages (and the Catholic Church)

‘The Knighting’ by British artist Edmund Leighton (1901) Contrary to popular belief, the decline of women’s rights in history has always corresponded to a retreat of the Church within Western societies, especially from the Renaissance onwards, for the Church has been the most zealous advocate of women in history.