Catholicism
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Lent at Planned Parenthood
A few days ago I did something I’d never done before: I joined a group of people…
Discernment Über Alles
The German bishops have announced that they will soon publish new guidelines for reception of the Holy…
Humility and the Host
In 1950, Pope Pius XII cautioned against the “historicist” mentality which is inclined to measure the merit…
The Call to Gift
This text is adapted from the funeral homily for Don J. Briel, professor at the University of…
Rethinking “Mission Territory”
In his June 1908 apostolic constitution, Sapienti Consilio, Pope Pius X decreed that, as of November 3…
Conscience and Grace: A Lenten Meditation
The scriptures of Lent in the Church’s daily liturgy invite two related reflections. The weeks immediately preceding…
The Decipherment of Cupich
Having recently returned to Utopia from a scholarly visit to Cambridge (England), Basilides Melchischyros, of the Academia…
Development, or Corruption?
This is the third in a series of reflections by Cardinal Müller on questions of present importance…
Taking Leave
Learning To Take Leave, Pope Francis’s new apostolic letter in the form of a motu proprio, addresses…
Pork Roll, Lent, and Catholic Identity
A few weeks before Ash Wednesday, an Associated Press squib with Lenten implications appeared in the Washington…
Death and Dappled Hope
Promise Me, Dad:A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purposeby joe bidenflatiron books, 272 pages, $27 Many politicians’…
Preaching vs. Practice
For Pope Francis, a long honeymoon has ended. For nearly five years since his election in March…
For Love of God and of Us
February 1, 2018 marked the passing of Germain Gabriel Grisez, a man of the Church and one…
The Vatican’s China Whitewash
Like many others, I received with skepticism the news of a possible deal to resolve the long-standing…
Called to Eucharist
Over the centuries, the theology and practice of the Eucharist have been distorted in many ways. One…
