What happens to a parish, and to its parishioners, when the pastor refuses to preach Catholic doctrine and morals on the grounds that they are now “too controversial”? Cardinal Francis George and Cardinal Timothy Dolan are well known fo … [Read more...]
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Are doctrine and morals too controversial?
January 2013 Editorial
January 16, 2013 by Fr. Kenneth Baker, SJ
Beauty: A Necessity, Not a Luxury
January 15, 2013 by Fr. Charles Klamut
Just when I am about to succumb to the sadness and living death of nihilism, some piercing ray of beauty breaks open my heart, and the breath of possibility returns. I recently visited the Botanical Garden in St Louis. Amid the sights … [Read more...]
Husbands and Fathers in the Image of Christ: Facilitating God’s Will for Our Wives and Children
January 10, 2013 by Dr. E. Christian Brugger
What does it mean for a man to love his wife and children as Christ loved (and loves) his Church? Obviously, a lot rides on the word “as”—loving as Christ loves. ... It means according to the same standard with which Christ loves. Pope … [Read more...]
John Paul II’s “Triptych” of the Human Person
January 8, 2013 by Charles Dern
This article focuses on the first part of Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body which broadens the vision of humanity from not just this life (historical man), but to what God intended for man before the Fall (original man), as well as w … [Read more...]
Roman Missal 3.0: Updates Installed
January 6, 2013 by Fr. David M. Friel
As a revision, the Roman Missal 3.0 has, as its obvious intention, to be an improvement upon that which came before ... the highlights that follow will serve as fledgling insights into the treasures we have received. The last time I put … [Read more...]
The Dynamic of the Gift: Authority and Submission in Christian Marriage
January 3, 2013 by Mary Stanford
Both persons in a marriage are called to love ... called to a life of giving and receiving. The catch is: spouses don’t give and receive in exactly the same way ... because man and woman are not replicas of one another, nor are they mir … [Read more...]
“Father, Aren’t You Afraid I’ll Become Muslim?”: The Challenge of Encountering Non-Christian Religions
December 27, 2012 by Fr. David J. Endres
The reason behind offering a world religions course to Catholic young adults became more apparent: to help them understand Christian Catholic distinctiveness, what separates our faith from others. Fr. Hardon, S.J., Peter Kreeft, Fr. R … [Read more...]
Social Justice According to Pius XI
December 26, 2012 by Thomas Storck
The term “social justice”... is the key term and concept of Catholic social teaching ... with all the other aspects of the Church's social doctrine—the principle of subsidiarity, the just wage or the right to private property—are related to, … [Read more...]
Obstacles to Reading Scripture in Modernity: Von Balthasar’s Response
December 24, 2012 by Daniel M. Garland, Jr.
Hans Urs von Balthasar’s theological aesthetics {are} a remedy for the breakdown in modern biblical exegesis and the groundwork of an approach to revelation that allows the glory of God to show forth in all of its splendor. In the first b … [Read more...]
The Widow’s Mite
December 24, 2012 by Dr. Alfred Hanley
... {I propose here} to move ... to the freedom of giving as an inevitable expression of our spirits in Christ and as a necessary means of our own sanctification. We Catholics in the United States traditionally give more from an … [Read more...]
America’s Leading Pastoral Magazine in This Year of Faith
December 19, 2012 by David Vincent Meconi
Honor the Pope’s request in renewing our devotion to our Catholic faith, and assisting Homiletic & Pastoral Review in being that voice of the Gospel around the world. On January 1, 2013, Homiletic & Pastoral Review will have b … [Read more...]
“Blessed is She Who Believed”—The Mother of God as a Model of Faith
December 13, 2012 by Kevin M. Clarke
“By faith, Mary accepted the Angel’s word and believed the message that she was to become the Mother of God in the obedience of her devotion…”—Porta Fidei, §13 "Annunciation"-by Leonardo DaVinci In promulgating Porta Fidei in the Year of … [Read more...]
Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller and the Virgin Birth
December 13, 2012 by Michael J. Miller, MA
In treating the Virgin birth, Gerhard Ludwig Müller carefully identifies what the Catholic Church actually does teach, and cautions the reader that the exact physiological details, thereof, are not an article of faith. Nativity by M … [Read more...]
The Eternal Presence of the House of Nazareth
December 13, 2012 by Kathleen Curran Sweeney
The family life of Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Nazareth is an ever-present revelation of God’s purposes and work in the world, inviting to holiness families of the 21st century. Does the household of Jesus, Mary and Joseph in the small vi … [Read more...]
The “Munus Regendi” of the Priest and the Vocation of the Laity
December 11, 2012 by Rev. Mr. Gaurav Shroff
...the priesthood as a whole, but especially in its exercise of the office of governance, is exercised with the full flowering of the vocation of the laity in mind. The goal of the priesthood is a mature and well-formed laity that embraces … [Read more...]
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