Opinion
Obama administration’s contraceptive mandate evokes bitter memories of past persecution.
The Obama administration's recent decision to require Catholic institutions to provide contraceptives through their health care plans has been met with firm resistance from Catholic leaders, and incredulity even from the president’s own supporters, who warn that the administration is walking into a political minefield.
"One of Barack Obama’s gre...
We need to trust that God is present in history. We are not calling all the shots.
“We do not
need a generic, indefinite god but rather the living, true God who unfolds the
horizon of men’s future into a prospect of firm, well-founded hope, a home rich
in eternity that enables us to face the present courageously in all its
aspects.”
— Pope Benedict XVI, To University Students of Rome. (December 15,
2011, Lȁ...
Analysis
Also: SNAP Troubles
2012 looks to shape up as
another big year for stories about the Catholic Church abuse narrative.
As things appear now, jury
selection for the high-profile trial of priests in Philadelphia will begin on
February 21, 2012, and the trial will begin in March. Some observers believe
the trial may run as long as four months.
To recap: Five current and
former Church emp...
Analysis
Catholic interest in the Enneagram persists.
The Enneagram is a nine-sided figure that looks like a
theorem straight from Euclid’s Elements.
Instead of teaching basic mathematical facts, however, the Enneagram purports
to teach a path to enlightenment, a path that Church leaders find worrisome.
In 2000, the US Con...
Catholic schools have been in decline for fifty years, but there are signs of hope.
Many were shocked and saddened in January when Archbishop Charles Chaput
and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced the closing of 48 of its schools,
about a quarter of its total. The
Archdiocese has lost more than a third of its students in the last decade,
leaving it today with about the same number of students as it had a century
ago.
Based on numbers, Catholic...