At some point in my spiritual pilgrimage to the full communion of the Catholic Church from an Evangelical Protestant upbringing, it became apparent to me that the only way that I could infallibly believe the deposit of divinely revealed … [Read more...]
Articles
On the Need to Focus on a Catholic Theologate
October 24, 2024 by David Francis Sherwood
At the Catholic World Report in May and June of 2023, there was an exciting exchange between Drs. Larry Chapp, Matthew Minerd, and Richard DeClue.[1. See, in order of publication, Larry Chapp, “The Progressive Revolution’s Continued Control … [Read more...]
The Absolute Moral Norms Are Dogmas of Faith
October 24, 2024 by Fr. Michael McGuckian, SJ
Reviewing the teaching of Veritatis Splendor, Francis Sullivan asks “whether one might . . . interpret the encyclical to mean that all traditional Catholic moral doctrine is, in the final analysis, the Church’s interpretation of the Ten Com … [Read more...]
On the Empathy of God
October 24, 2024 by Fr. Kenneth G. Davis, OFM Conv.
Catholic doctrine can empirically establish the doctrine of original sin. Every day news reports on humanity’s inclination to evil. However, that same empirical evidence also necessarily lends reason to every atheist’s most powerful arg … [Read more...]
Sisters in the Same Spirit
The Cathedral of Mary our Queen and the Second Vatican Council
September 27, 2024 by Fr. Justin Gough
The following was originally given as part of a lecture series on the history and theology of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore, Maryland to the Cathedral parish. It has been slightly modified by the author for … [Read more...]
Dignitas Migrantis: On the Morality of Deportation
September 27, 2024 by Fr. Matthew Gonzalez
As we approach federal government elections, it is commonplace to address the issues surrounding the growing phenomena of large-scale immigration and its peripheral subjects, such as deportation. It is significant to note that among various … [Read more...]
Notes on a Catholic Ecumenical Perspective of the Sacramental Life of the Church
September 27, 2024 by Eduardo Echeverria
Paper presented at a bi-annual meeting of Evangelicals and Catholics Together, of which I am a member, June 5, 2023, Colorado Springs. If anyone says that these seven sacraments are so equal to one another that one is not in any way of … [Read more...]
Draw Near to Christ through Our Lady and the Saints
September 27, 2024 by Dr. Peter Kahn
How is it possible to grow close to God, even very close? What’s the best way to climb the steep stairway of perfection? St. Thérèse of Lisieux has some wonderful advice for us on these questions in her autobiography, The Story of a Sou … [Read more...]
The Holy Spirit and the Four Marks of the Church
August 23, 2024 by Dr. Michael Brummond
In the creed which we profess at Mass, we declare the Church to be one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. In the past, particularly in counter-reformation apologetics, it was not uncommon for these four marks to serve as a kind of litmus test … [Read more...]
Helping Penitents Overcome Pornography Use Within the Sacrament of the Penance
August 23, 2024 by Fr. Justin A. Freeman
Pornography is an epidemic. Social science data and the experiences of priests counseling parishioners reveal the ubiquity of pornography in our society. The accessibility, affordability, and anonymity of Internet pornography has exposed … [Read more...]
Equip and Deploy the Sleeping Giant
Foundational Formation for Lay Catholics to Become Effective Evangelizers
August 23, 2024 by Janet Diaz
St. Paul teaches that “truth is in Jesus.” What then is the lived consequence for people who meet Jesus and choose to give their lives to him? Paul goes on to explain that those people should “put away the old self” of their lives before the … [Read more...]
Pastoral Planning 101
A Stronger Communion for the Sake of the Mission: A Better Church
August 23, 2024 by Jim Lundholm-Eades
For those of us who experienced pastoral planning at parish or diocesan levels over time, we have seen changes that make the practices of the past seem unrecognizable. Key to those changes is a re-examination of the underlying purpose of … [Read more...]
Twenty-five Years After the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification
How an Ecumenical Achievement Offers Catechetical and Pastoral Opportunities
July 26, 2024 by Rev. Bradley D. Easterbrooks
This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (JDDJ). The declaration, first signed on October 31, 1999 by representatives of the Catholic Church[1. The Catholic signatories were … [Read more...]
Revolution in Theology?
A Closer Look at the Significance of Pope Francis’ Ad Theologiam Promovendam
July 26, 2024 by Fr. Andreas Kramarz, LC
A theological outrage was frothing in the wake of Pope Francis’ November 1, 2023, apostolic letter motu proprio: Ad Theologiam Promovendam (henceforth ATP), which accompanied the approval of new statutes for the Pontifical Academy of T … [Read more...]
Pain, Suffering, and Redemption: Where Faith and Reason Mingle
July 26, 2024 by Stephen Doran, MD
Much has been said about the compatibility between faith and reason, religion and science. But they are more than parallel tracks that share mutual respect. Rather, they are integrated; they inform one another. In a particular way, the … [Read more...]
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