Most Catholic schoolboys study Christian heresies with philosophical rigor, carefully parsing their genesis and implications. However, it may take decades and even centuries to observe the pernicious consequences of violations of Catholic orthodoxy. Most of […]
Jesus makes it clear that there is a distinct relationship between love, keeping His commandments, and bearing fruit. God’s law, authentic Christian love, and life in abundance are inseparable. The unity helps us reject popular […]
God created man—male and female—in His own image and likeness. Indeed, all of creation carries the Divine imprint. After the Fall, the Devil exploited man’s sin to deface God’s image and likeness in creation through […]
In the prescient 1980s BBC comedy series Yes, Prime Minister, Prime Minister Jim Hacker must choose the next Anglican bishop of Bury St. Edmunds. His choice is between an atheist and a socialist. The prime […]
In our highly politicized culture, sin is rarely discussed as a violation of God’s law. Even more rarely do we acknowledge sinful inclinations as the interior sources of sinful acts. Instead, we often reduce moral […]
Editor’s note: This essay was posted originally at CWR on July 3, 2022. “Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.” (Col. 3:21) The relationship between the preconciliar and postconciliar forms of Mass […]
Every person, from king to commoner, lives by a moral code. Catholic moral theology is grounded in the Ten Commandments and the principles of Natural Law. The law of the jungle, by contrast, rests on […]
The Apostles’ Creed teaches that the Church, as the Body of Christ, is one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. The Church herself—understood as the Mystical Body and safeguarded by the Holy Spirit—cannot be the object of […]
In my usual—well, slightly unkempt—priestly black clothing and white tab collar, I arrived at the voting station this morning, ready to do my civic duty. As I walked in, an older man—maybe my age or […]
A couple of weeks back, I placed a commentary in the Pastor’s Bulletin Insert that caused a minor stir among parishioners. Based on evidence from Internet news reports, I argued that the Israeli indiscriminate attacks […]
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