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What is Social Justice? (Part
Two) | J. J. Ziegler | The teachings of Vatican II, Paul VI, John Paul II, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
The Rise, Fall and Future of Catholicism in
the U.S. | CWR Staff | An interview with Russell Shaw, author of American Church: The Remarkable Rise, Meteoric Fall, and Uncertain Future of
Catholicism in America.
In Ireland, the political fight over
abortion rages on | Michael Kelly | Proposed legislation would legalize abortion when the mother's life is at risk. But is the measure medically necessary?
Pope Francis and the "Sad Life of Slumbering
Christians" | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | The Holy Fathers speaks of ultimate things in ways that are very intelligible to us.
The Ascension reveals man's calling to
eternal, divine life | Carl E. Olson | Why the Incarnation and the Ascension are so closely connected to one another.
Proclaiming Christ through Catholic radio | Jim
Graves | An interview with Steve Gajdosik, president of the Catholic Radio Association.
The Glorious Chant of "Angels and Saints at
Ephesus" | Christopher S. Morrissey | A beautiful new album from the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, helps us make room for truth in our lives.
A Schall Report on Things Current and
Otherwise | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | Thoughts on moving across the country, teaching and popes.
Mark and Peter: Coptic Pope Tawadros
II visits Pope Francis | Christopher Warner | The Coptic Orthodox Patriarch visits the Vatican for the first time in forty years.
Carl's Cuts (for May 11, 2013) | Carl E.
Olson | Commentary on several recent news stories, essays, and reviews.
• New DVD: "Pius XII: Under the Roman Sky"
• Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger on what "the feast of the Ascension wants to teach us"
• The Image of Man Has Been Raised Up: On the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord
• New HPR articles on "same-sex marriage", gossip, and virtues
• Watch Dr. James Hitchcock talk about "History of the Catholic Church"
• The Ignatius Press St. Paul's Pilgrimage Cruise
• Save 20% off New and Select Titles
• Christians and Muslims, Living Together
• New: Bakhita: From Slave to Saint
• Ignatius Press CEO: "I am ashamed when we Catholics are embarrassed by Catholic teaching."
• Gripping drama sets a fictional stage for real-life problems with assisted suicide
• Gosnell verdict quote of the day
• 800 new saints were martyred for refusing to convert to Islam
• Cardinal O'Malley will boycott Boston College's commencement
• Carl's Cuts for May 11, 2013
• Mother Dolores Hart discusses her vocation, leaving Hollywood, learning Latin, loving chant
• Bishop Mark Seitz named new bishop of El Paso
• Pope Francis: "There can be no dialogue with the prince of this world"
• Fr. Michael Barber, SJ named new bishop of Oakland
• May Day and May, the Month of Mary
• And Much More!
This week on "As the LCWR
Turns" | Catherine Harmon | A guide to recent controversy involving the Vatican and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.
Puzzle-Plot Mysteries and Their Golden
Age | Thomas M. Doran | Locked rooms ... impossible crimes ... whodunit?
Redefining Marriage Will
Sever the Roots of Children's Family Trees | Bill Maguire | Remaking marriage will result in the vast deforestation of many children's family trees.
Pope Francis, Romans 8, and the
theme of theosis | Carl E. Olson | It is readily evident that Romans 8:15-17 is a passage with great significance for the Holy Father.
Benedict and Francis: A Lesson in Apostolic
Continuity | William L. Patenaude | The differences between the two men give witness to the different gifts of the same Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit: Gift, Counselor, Advocate,
Helper | Carl E. Olson | "The Holy Spirit comes forth as the substance of love, and Gift is his proper name."
What Are Catholics To Do?
(Part III) | James Kalb | Catholics cannot make success the standard when that means cooperation with evil.
The Innocence of Common Sense and the Deconstruction
of Marriage | John S. Hamlon | The world needs to hear the deep, life-giving, theological resonance of God's plan for marriage and family.
The Ambiguity of Islam | Carl E.
Olson | Making sense of why few Muslims renounce acts of violence committed by those who identify themself as true adherents to Islam.
Six Arizona Churches Not
to Miss | Jim Graves | The state of Arizona is home to many beautiful and historic Catholic churches.
Building Bridges Between Orthodox and Catholic
Christians | Christopher Warner | An interview with Archimandrite Robert Taft, SJ, prominent Byzantine liturgical theologian and ecumenist.
The Death of China's Most Famous & Powerful
Bishop | Anthony E. Clark | The late, enigmatic Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian, S.J., of Shanghai described himself as "both a serpent and a dove."
Impregnable America is just a
memory now | Russell Shaw | The United States used to be literally beyond the reach of foes, but that is no longer so.
"Sister Churches": A Clarification | Michael J.
Miller | The expression "Sister Churches" is not theological but historical and, in recent years, diplomatic.
Faux bravery, empty diversity, and the secular sainthood
of "gay" athletes | Carl E. Olson | On the un-closeted and curious case of Jason Collins.
Numbers aren't everything but they
are something | Mark Brumley | Quantitative assessments of church membership don't tell us everything but they can tell us something.
Of Bishops and Bombers | William
Kilpatrick | It is time for Catholic leaders to update their thinking on Islam.
Relationship or "Rule-lationship"? Or
Both? | Carl E. Olson | How an Evangelical came to see that the Catholic Church is very much about love and law, relationship and structure.
Sigrid Undset on St.
Catherine of Siena | Sigrid Undset | An excerpt from Catherine of Siena by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Kristin Lavransdatter.
The Sword of Islam | Anne
Hendershott | Tsarnaev and the Tamerlan of history and literature.
Rethinking Religious
Liberty | Benjamin Wiker | Why religious liberty cannot mean the right to believe whatever we want.
The Catholic Church in Africa: Vibrant,
Young, and Resilient | William L. Patenaude | An interview with Allen Ottaro, national coordinator for MAGiS Kenya.
The Menace of the Herd | Thomas
M. Doran | On the supposed enlightenment of the elites who put faith in scientific concepts they don't comprehend.
Pope Benedict XVI's Legacy: Faith and
Future | Father Angelo Mary Geiger | Six essential and enduring themes of the pontificate of the Pope Emeritus.
Attacking the Roots of
Abortion | Don Murray | We must address the thought processes and motivations that prompt people to seek abortion as a solution.
When will the media turn on Pope Francis? | Carl E.
Olson | The new pontiff has benefited from many of the same factors as did Bl. John Paul II in 1978.
"Hipster Jesus": Engaging
the culture or watering-down the faith? | Mark Brumley | Culturally engaged evangelization is a tricky business.
Christianity and Islam: Cooperation or
Conflict? | William Kilpatrick | A review of Robert Spencer's Not Peace But a Sword: The Great Chasm Between Christianity and Islam.
Benedict XVI and the End of the "Virtual
Council" | Tracey Rowland | Up to the final days of his pontificate, Benedict XVI emphasized the importance of interpreting the Council in continuity with what came before it.
A Cardinal on the
Subway | Andrea Tornielli | An excerpt from Francis: Pope of a New World (Ignatius Press, 2013) provides insight into Cardinal Bergoglio's thought.
Apocalypse How? | Carl E.
Olson | Pop quiz: which book of the Bible describes black helicopters, high-tech warfare involving Russia, and computer chips embedded in human flesh?
When President Obama Honored
Father Kapaun | Roy Wenzl | A moment of grace in a town marked by division and backbiting.
Pope Benedict XVI's "First Convert" | Roger
Dubin | In the absence of agreement with the rest of society on human nature and the good life, Catholics must remain a sign of contradiction.
The Greatest Love Story Ever
Told? | Joseph Pearce | The Prologue to Shakespeare on Love: Seeing the Catholic Presence in Romeo and Juliet (Ignatius Press, 2013).
The President's selective, skewed
"equality" | Russell Shaw | What does Pres. Obama mean when he speaks of "equality", the ideological key to his domestic policies?
Fifty Years Later--Vatican II's Unfinished
Business | Fr. Regis Scanlon, O.F.M. Cap. | Dissent is widespread, tolerated, and, in some quarters, even welcomed. Here's why.
True freedom is interior | Fr. Kenneth
Baker, S.J. | Interior freedom is gained by loving God and one's neighbor, and by not being inordinately attached to any created thing.
The New Evangelization: The Holiness of the Church | Msgr. Michael F. Hull,
S.T.D. | The New Evangelization is our cooperation with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the 21st century.
It's Not a Conspiracy, It's a
Culture | Carl E. Olson | The silence about Kermit Gosnell's trial demonstrates the dominance of the culture of death and moral deafness.
Hysterical Hatred and the Halls of
History | Michael Coren | Both are plain to see and ever with us, but only one has lessons worth learning.
Accommodation and Americanism, Yesterday and
Today | Kevin Schmiesing | Reflections on Russell Shaw's book, American Church: The Remarkable Rise, Meteoric Fall, and Uncertain Future of Catholicism in America.
The Risen Christ to the Restored Peter:
"Feed my sheep!" | Carl E. Olson | If Jesus is the one shepherd, why did he appoint Peter to also be a shepherd?
When "the Silent Scream" Isn't Silent Anymore | Catherine
Harmon | Reaction to the trial of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell has ranged from horror to complete silence.
What Are Catholics To Do? (Part II) | James
Kalb | In the absence of agreement with the rest of society on human nature and the good life, Catholics must remain a sign of contradiction.
What Is Social Justice? | J. J.
Ziegler | Few terms have become as unmoored from their Catholic origins as has the term "social justice."
Encouragement vs. Cynicism: An Easter Reflection | Rev. Romanus
Cessario, O.P. | There is a sin to which priests easily fall victim that does not draw the attention of the news media.
Well Done, Lady Thatcher...The Passing of the Iron
Lady | Paul Kengor | Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of Great Britain, dead at the age of 87.
Incrementalism and Abortion | Thomas M.
Doran | Abortioneers aren't satisfied with killing the unborn; they also want to destroy free speech.
Church Teaching
and Confused Journalists | Carl E. Olson | Some journalists go out of their way to muddy the waters regarding Church doctrine and law.
Defending Marriage, and Why It
Matters | Jim Graves | An interview with Ryan T. Anderson, co-author of What Is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense.
Bergoglio and the Ultimate Questions |
Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | A 2003 essay by Cardinal Bergoglio reflects on modern man's failure to pursue answers to life's deepest questions.
The Mystery of the Annunciation
is the Mystery of Grace | Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger | Excerpts from two of Ratzinger's books.
Preparation, Proclamation, Perseverance, and
Purpose | Carl E. Olson | The blueprint of mercy can be summed up in four words: preparation, proclamation, perseverance, and purpose.
The Vampire School | Anthony
Esolen | The Vampire School drains the life out of learning, producing dull workers for the Vampire State.
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