Catholic Journal
Faith

Holiness Off the Beaten Path: Helena Kmieć

Helena Kmieć comes from Libiąż, a town west of Kraków. Poles have only a vague sense of where it is. Let us be honest: most Australians and Americans’ knowledge of Europe becomes hazy beyond Italy, Germany, and France. Towns off the beaten track...

Paul Suski
18 hours ago
Culture

Dealing with Pride Month

Yes, as a Catholic, I find the annual observance of “Pride Month” difficult. The rainbow given to Noah after the flood (Genesis 9:13-17) is now closely associated with political, cultural, and ideological movements that often stand in direct...

Deacon Gregory Webster
2 days ago
Faith

Divine DNA

Is it true that “we are what we eat?” It depends on what one means by it, I guess; but it is true for those who heed Jesus’ challenging words: Whoever eats my flesh and drinks by blood remains in me and I in him. (Jn 6:56) Italians have a...

Fr Dino Vanin
4 days ago

All Essays

Culture

The Loss of Innocence

If there is one issue of Catholic moral teaching that has wasted more time and energy of the faithful in the pews, it is the death penalty. Acceptance and approval of capital punishment within the Catholic Church has...

William Borst
December 22, 2020
Culture

The Victims of Hatred

I recently examined the source of the hatred that has metastasized in America in recent years, and I found it to be the media’s abandonment of journalistic standards. First, they mixed opinion with news, next they made...

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
Faith

Love of the Father

The source of all miracles is love. All true love comes from God, for God is love. “We have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God, and God in...

Deacon Steve Greco
December 15, 2020
Faith

Joyful Movements

The 18th century Austrian composer, Joseph Haydn, was once asked why his church music was so cheerful and he replied: “When I think upon God, my heart is so full of joy that the notes dance and leap, as it...

Deacon Kurt Godfryd
Faith

The Mouth of the Lord

Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her service is at an end, her guilt is expiated… I do not necessarily know what is afflicting you; and you do not...

Fr Dino Vanin
Economics

How Big Government Stacked the Deck

Most of us wouldn’t list 2020 as our best year. But you know who would? Amazon, Wal-Mart, Google, Apple, and a whole host of other big corporations who’ve seen their sales and stock prices soar amidst the pandemic...

Guest Columnist
December 2, 2020