The Catholic Thing
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First, Do No Harm?
Sep 8, 20266 min
Work, the World, and the Human Person
Sep 7, 20268 min
Caravaggio's 'The Incredulity of St. Thomas'
Sep 6, 20266 min
Holy Hypocrisy
Sep 5, 20266 min
Cardinal Sarah and the Crisis in Bioethics
Sep 4, 20267 min
The Greatness of the First St. Gregory
Sep 3, 20266 min
The English Martyrs and Tyburn's Hidden Waters
Sep 2, 20266 min
The Church in Dialogue: What Approach? And With Whom?
Sep 1, 20266 min
Fulton Sheen: Casting Fire on the Earth
Aug 31, 20266 min
Relaxing With the Bible Alone
Aug 30, 20265 min
Chimes of Freedom
Aug 29, 20266 min
Is Religious Faith Foolishness – or Wisdom?
Aug 28, 20265 min
A Blindspot in Catholic Social Teaching: Generational Theft
Aug 27, 20266 min
Some Thoughts on Stoner Alley
Aug 26, 20266 min
Defending the Social Kingship of Christ
Aug 25, 20266 min
Synodality Will Kill Catholicism
Aug 24, 20267 min
Good Questions
Aug 23, 20265 min
Remembering Ratzinger at Rimini
Aug 22, 20266 min
Beauty: A True Human Need
Aug 21, 20266 min
Star Gazing
Aug 20, 20266 min
Restless and at Home in America
Aug 19, 20266 min
Selling Radical 'Synodality' as 'Social Prophecy' If synodality is "not a programme needing to be implemented" why does the Synod Secretariat's website present it as a programme needing to be implemented? In 2028 the Synod Secretariat will host an Ecclesial Assembly. If Synodality is "not a project with a 2028 deadline," does that mean that the Ecclesial Assembly is simply the first of an endless series of Ecclesial Assemblies? If synodality is "not one more meeting", why are any more meetings being scheduled? What is the "deep identity of the Church"? Was this identity unknown until synodality was invented by Pope Francis? Who identified this deep identity and how did they do so? What is the difference between being "another Church" and "being a Church in a different way"? What does "being the Church in a different way" mean? Different from what? What do "clericalism, hierarchicalism and institutional self-sufficiency" mean? What is clericalism and who are the clericalists? What in the world is hierarchicalism? Isn't the Catholic Church hierarchical by nature, which means that it is governed by ordained hierarchs? Does God not give to the Church, the Mystical Body of Christ, what is sufficient to carry out her mission to preach the Gospel, to sanctify mankind through the administration of the sacraments and to provide shepherds for the wise governance of the flock of Christ? What is the Church lacking and who can supply that need? Why is it posited that the Church at present lacks "a culture of listening, co-responsibility, discernment and genuine exchange"? What does co-responsibility mean? Does it mean that decision making by the hierarchy alone must be put aside in favor of co-decision making in which the hierarchy and the laity together govern the Church? What is social prophecy? Who engages in such prophecy? Who decides that it is true prophecy and not false prophecy, namely someone's opinion wrongly put forth as God's will? What is the grammar of peace? Does peace have a grammar?
Aug 18, 20266 min
'I Want to Believe'
Aug 17, 20265 min
Religious Life is the Higher Calling
Aug 16, 20266 min
The Assumption: A Feast of Doctrinal Development
Aug 15, 20266 min
In Praise of Notre Dame's John Cavadini
Aug 14, 20266 min
The Choices We Should Make
Aug 13, 20266 min
The Powerlessness of Power
Aug 12, 20267 min
What Is Beautiful? What Is Ugly?
Aug 11, 20266 min
How to be a Dhimmi
Aug 10, 20266 min
Cathedrals Old and New
Aug 9, 20266 min
Vouchers and Vaccines
Aug 8, 20266 min
Marriage Advice
Aug 7, 20266 min
The Transfiguration: Why Christ Gave His Disciples Beauty
Aug 6, 20265 min
Freedom from (Airline) Religion
Aug 5, 20266 min
Lead Us Not Into Temptation
Aug 4, 20265 min
The Way Not Taken
Aug 3, 20266 min
Victory Through Suffering
Aug 2, 20267 min
What is a Cat?
Aug 1, 20266 min
An EZ Guide to Modern Politics
Jul 31, 20266 min
That Old-Time Religion
Jul 30, 20266 min
A Royal Saint for Every Age
Jul 29, 20266 min
'Joan of Arc': My Favorite Painting
Jul 28, 20266 min
My Hope for Christian Europe
Jul 27, 20266 min
Found and Finding, Bought and Buying
Jul 26, 20266 min
Polish Prelates: Four Cardinals Form a Pope
Jul 25, 20267 min
Heading for the Hills
Jul 24, 20266 min
Kids These Days
Jul 23, 20266 min
The Problem of Evil and the Firmness of Faith
Jul 22, 20266 min
No Salvation Outside the Church
Jul 21, 20266 min