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The Catechism has much to say about Mary, but I think the key to the issue is found here: (emphasis added) And consider this: The Catechism quotes St. Augustine, in understanding the relationship between the old and New Testaments: "The New Testament lies hidden in the Old and the Old...

Defending F.S., Francis reveals a paper-thin theology proclaimed from a Office he does not honor, proclaimed with an arrogance that further dishonors himself.

I read it and was reminded why I almost never read Crisis Magazine. The style I can hardly tolerate anymore. More importantly, the content troubled me because I am convinced "our problem" - in the Catholic Church (in American, anyway) today - is not merely the absence of the call to holiness...

I hope it just depends on the local chapter in your parish. In a former parish of mine, an officer in the KOC lobbied me to join. I agreed to have a cup of coffee with him and talk about it. In the discussion he confessed to me that he grieved very deeply and for so long a time over the...

This is a photo of a slide used in a Presentation on the (1st) Dark Night - the Night of the Senses - as described by John of the Cross. The senses of darkness are listed on the first column, and the infused supernatural Gifts of the Spirit which are awakening are on the second column. St...

And merely to add to the substance you wrote, my experience in experimental science is that "established fact" is a decision by committee (peer reviews, publications, "experts") whose opinions are affected by what others think. There is "group-think" in science. There are many non-scientific...

The connection between purgatory and the Dark Nights of the Interior Life is good to see, and understand: Both are works of God, not our own. Both purify the soul beyond what the person can do for himself even through the ordinary graces received through the sacraments and prayer. Both are...

Yes, and I think it is true that dark nights make saints. The dark nights bring sufferings of many kinds - situations we cannot "solve" - destruction or at least major weakening of our favorite idolatries - and an interior strengthening of supernatural - finally, supernatural - virtues within...

Yes, it is good to remember the old Catholic adage: "Don't waste sufferings - offer them up." Better now, when and where we can grow in merit, than later when we can not.

What do Palestinian Christians and any peace-loving human beings in Gaza expect Israel to do, in the harsh light of the reality of the hatred of Hamas? Hamas has the sworn goal of the death of every Israeli, man woman and child, their horrific massacre of Israelis in the midst of a mutual...

It may sound counter-intuitive, but it is not unusual for people to have a love-hate relationship with significant aspects of their personhood. A homosexual might be strongly defensive of "gay rights and equivalence" while at the same time hating gayness in himself and others. I have heard...

My conclusion is that it's not a crisis of catechesis, but a crisis of faith - that is to say, more specifically, supernatural faith. Many Christians, in my opinion, operate on merely natural "faith." Faith itself - the theological virtue of faith, infused in Baptism - is a supernatural...

I guess your answer to my question - "Surely you are not saying that the problem of division among Christians is solved in the words written in that link - are you? The problem is a bit deeper and harder than mere talk about it. right?" - was yes, the problem of division among Christians is...

Surely you are not saying that the problem of division among Christians is solved in the words written in that link - are you? The problem is a bit deeper and harder than mere talk about it. right?

Does Scripture resolve the final "bottom line" question, which I was trying to put on the table in my post? Namely: "What is Truth?" What does Scripture actually, truly teach? What is, actually and truly, the Gospel? To phrase it another way, Why isn't every Christian a believer in one Truth -...

Love of money is a key indicator for discerning which "slippery slope" - among the many possible - a given person or group is dangerously dancing near. But I would place the ultimate value that I would seek to guard, not exactly " the authority of Scripture and the Gospel message," - because...

Can Absolute Truth co-exist with Independent Journalism?

Democrat words and structures weaponized to bring the chaos that welcomes dictatorship?

Yes, the evil one does not "give up" on a soul easily. I hope the author of the Register essay has gotten some spiritual advice to not only persevere, and seek to remain in the state of grace, but to see that the Lord wants us to grow in grace. We need to remain, and to grow - to mature - to...

A rhetorical question is: Which is better, growing membership in the "Church of Part-Time Catholics", or members in the Body of Christ growing in the Life of Christ? I was a former Catholic, until I learned from the outside what I had missed on the inside. Now, it is horrifying to me that I am...