‘Church News’ Archives
Archbishop Gomez Is the Holy Father’s ‘Revenge’!
Over on Facebook (where I spread my nonsense amongst a more limited crowd...heh), a couple of us were trying to predict what kind of reception the mainstream media would give Archbishop Gomez, based upon his recent appointment to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. I predicted they'd give Opus Dei a pass in favor of racial politics, but another [...]
Why I Love the New Encyclical: A Brief Look
More to say on this soon, but here are two major reasons I love Caritas in Veritate: It's acidic to liberals because the Holy Father expresses love in relationship to objective truth, which " men and women to let go of their subjective opinions and impressions, them to move beyond cultural and historical limitations and to come together in [...]
Little Instances of Martyrdom
Pray for the Church in Connecticut. As the Diocese of Bridgeport states, the proposed law is "irrational, unlawful, and bigoted." Really, it all comes back to the culture war. A couple of parish boards in Connecticut decide it's swell and dandy to start marrying same-sex couples, and boom: you've got same-sex marriage in Catholic [...]
He is Exactly… Exactly… Exactly Correct.
Fr. Barron on the next generation of the "Catholic commentariat." This explains to perfection why I make natural/systematic theology and philosophy my primary emphasis of study. This is the kind of stuff an educated, growingly skeptical generation needs. This also explains why I have little interest in liturgical/internal Church battles. [...]
The New Archbishop of Detriot
Fr. Rob Johansen posts a nice look at Bishop Allen Vigneron, who has been named the new Archbishop of Detroit. I hope God grants him many years of success in service to the people there.
