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 varied throughout history...
Pope Francisโ new book, Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future, was published on December 1, 2020. The publisher called the book, co-authored by Francisโ biographer Austen Ivereigh, โan epiphanyโ and โa call to armsโ and noted that it...
Canonizing Joe Biden? I know my Republican friends will think this is a misprint. A week or so ago I would have thought the same thing. I regarded Biden as a man of little competence and less integrity whose most significant โachievementโ was using...
Summary of Part 1:ย Inย Rerum Novarumย (1891) Pope Leo XIII wrote: โThe first and most fundamental principle . . . if one would undertake to alleviate the condition of the masses,ย must beย the inviolabilityย of private property.โ [Paragraph 15. Emphasis...
Since becoming the head of the Catholic Church in 2013, Pope Francis has not shied away from the political domain. Recently, the religious leader used the COVID-19 pandemic to renew his criticisms of free-market capitalism. โThe fragility of world...
Pope Francisโ latest encyclical, Fratelli Tutti (Brothers All) offers an odd combination of timely and profound insights, flawed judgment, and an error in historical fact. The factual error is serious because it encourages those who are...
About a month ago, I was called a โFrancis-Deaconโ by a website for the absurdity of saying we should care enough about others to wear a mask in this pandemic.ย Upon seeing this, I immediately contacted a buddy of mine letting him know that after...
The announcement has been officially confirmed. Pope Francis will be the third consecutive Pontiff who will be visiting our beloved country, Malta and Gozo on Pentecost Sunday of May 31 2020. St. Pope John Paul II was the first Pope to visit Malta...