Priest Advocates Porn for Overstressed Clergy
Priests like Fr. Backhaus are no longer rare exceptions in the Church. Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse in the Catholic Church, Father Hermann Backhaus, a priest of the Diocese of Münster, Germany, proves you wrong. In a recent interview, Backhaus...
A Non-Catholic Pope?
Archbishop Vigano's critique of Francis “A non-Catholic Pope”? It sounds like a contradiction in terms. But those are the words used to describe Pope Francis by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States. In fact,...
Belgian Bishops’ Same-Sex Blessing
What happens next? In “Francis Forgives Everyone,” I suggested that the main thrust of the Francis papacy is to de-emphasize sin. But if Francis wants to forgive everyone, he’d better hurry up before some European bishops beat him to the punch. Just recently, the...
See No Islam, Hear No Islam
A significant omission in an otherwise good book. The New Apologetics is a collection of 41 essays by noted Catholic apologists. It’s a valuable book for those who are interested in spreading the Christian faith in a time of secularism and relativism, as well as for...
The Radical Inclusive Church
Irish of a traditional bent need not apply. Most practicing Catholics will have noticed by now that the Church under Francis has changed. And many are not happy with the changes. For example, Andrea Cionci, author of a new book which questions the validity of...
A Thoroughly Modern Synod
The Church of What’s-Happening-Now seeks your input. Pope Francis just announced that the multi-year Synod on Synodality will be extended another year. Apparently, the synodalists need more time to complete what Cardinal Gerhard Muller describes as a “hostile takeover...
A Hostile Takeover of the Catholic Church?
Does the Synod have a sinister purpose? In a recent interview on EWTN’s The World Over, Cardinal Gerhard Muller, the former head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, warned that the Synod on Synodality was engaged in a “hostile takeover of the Church.”...
The Church of Everyone
Why so many Catholics are leaving. Pope Francis recently called for a “Church open to everyone.” Nothing new here. The Church has always been open to everyone—including sinners. The Church has always acknowledged that it is “a Church of sinners.” But...
The Temptation in the Garden
The Respect For Marriage Act - Congressional version. While you weren’t watching, 47 Republican members of the House of Representatives joined all the Democrats to pass the Respect for Marriage Act (RFMA). Don’t let the title fool you. The act has nothing to do...
The Da Vinci Code Attacked the Wrong Religion
But it got some things right. The attack on Salman Rushdie reminds us once again of the difference between Islam and other religions. In response to the publication of The Satanic Verses, the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a death fatwa in 1989 against Rushdie which...
