Since the release of Pope Francis’s Post-Synodal Apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, on April 8, 2016, numerous articles and statements disagree as to whether the pope either has opened the possibility of admitting civilly divorced and r … [Read more...]
Archives for 2016
Amoris Laetitia, the Human Person, and the Meaning of Marital Indissolubility
August 1, 2016 by Jeffrey Tranzillo
The Church Just Did for Movements What She Did for Religious in 1978, Only Better
August 1, 2016 by Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC
The Church does not rush to judgement, but reflects and ponders clearly to ascertain what is God’s will. This can take years, even decades. Vatican II renewed many aspects of Catholic life: the sacramental character of a bishop’s con … [Read more...]
Sacramental Fruitfulness and the Power of Pentecost
August 1, 2016 by Dr. Ralph Martin, STD
It has become quite evident that there is something like a “sacramental crisis” occurring in the Church today, that Sr. Sara, in her opening remarks, referred to as “this extraordinarily critical moment.” I would like to briefly explore thre … [Read more...]
Summer Poetry
But Then I Met Jesus By David Barton I sought pleasure, but pleasure didn’t satisfy. I courted riches and they impoverished me, Fame and it degraded me, Power and it corrupted me. I gave myself to charitable causes, But, despite t … [Read more...]
Homilies for July 2016
June 30, 2016 by George Butterfield
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time—July 3, 2016 Readings: Is 66:10-14c; Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20; Gal 6:14-18; Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 http://usccb.org/bible/readings/070316.cfm The New Rule “Pride goes before disaster, and a haughty sp … [Read more...]
Thomistic Reflections on Divine Mercy and Divine Justice
June 30, 2016 by Matthew Minerd, Ph.D.
Many paths can be taken during this Year of Mercy. Above all, we must tread the path of experiencing mercy—in our own participation in the Sacraments, and in our extension of Divine Mercy to others. Nevertheless, knowledge of the faith and, … [Read more...]
Conflicting Interpretations of Lumen Gentium 16
June 30, 2016 by Eduardo Echeverria
Fr. Gerald O’Collins, S.J., has recently claimed that Ralph Martin “egregiously misrepresents Vatican II’s teaching {in LG 16}.”[1. Gerald O’Collins, S.J., The Second Vatican Council, Message and Meaning (Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical … [Read more...]
The Trinity, Sexual Complementarity, and Authentic Marriage
June 30, 2016 by David H. Delaney, PhD
One of today’s most pressing errors is concerned with the confusion about the human person as male and female, and the increasing rejection by Christians of the revealed truth about authentic marriage. This is significant because it affects … [Read more...]
A Revolutionary Attraction
June 30, 2016 by Stephen G. Adubato
Americans have been living in an historical moment during which their existential awareness of what it means to be human has been drastically altered. Many of these changes are the consequence of a more extensive series of shifts in … [Read more...]
Pentecost, the New Babel
June 30, 2016 by Scott Pauline
One of the most beautiful and profound parallels of our dear Catholic faith is the notion of types and analogies. This means that many things in the Old Testament are foreshadowing of things in the New, or that certain things that were … [Read more...]
Questions Answered
June 30, 2016 by Fr. Brian Mullady, OP
Question: Please distinguish between baptism by water, desire, and blood. Answer: Since the Second Vatican Council, there has been a lot of misunderstanding about the necessity of baptism for salvation. Prior to the Council, theologians … [Read more...]
Worth a Thousand Words: Iconography as Language
June 13, 2016 by Nicholas Senz
“A picture is worth a thousand words,” as the saying goes. This common phrase hints at something deeper: the profound ability of images to communicate ideas. This should not surprise us. Words are signs, pointing to something beside … [Read more...]
Women Deacons: At What Price?
June 13, 2016 by Fr. Regis Scanlon, OFMCap
(This article was originally published in the print version of Homiletic & Pastoral Review, July 1996.) Now that Pope John Paul II has "definitively" ruled out women priests in his apostolic letter to the bishops, others are … [Read more...]
Beginning Each Day in the Presence of God
The Importance of the Morning Offering
June 13, 2016 by Dr. Jeffrey Morrow, Ph.D.
We’ve all heard, and we all know from experience, how important it is to start the day off right. If we wake up grumpy, or overly tired, it is much more difficult to face the challenges of each day cheerfully and with optimism. How often do … [Read more...]
The Power and Powerlessness of Mercy
June 13, 2016 by Fr. James M. Gibson, CR
In seeking to appreciate as well as to imitate the mercy of God—which the Church proclaims in a special way in this Jubilee Year—a concept of “power” would seem, if not contradictory, at least not helpful for our spiritual journey. When we a … [Read more...]
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