I also offer this postscript to those who criticize me for taking public stances that may not be popular or “politically correct,� or may not agree with their own personal notions of what “progressive� Catholic doctrine should be. My job as a Bishop is to promulgate the authentic teaching of...

The Cardinal Newman Society reports: Half of the 26 Catholic activists, scholars and theologians who signed a statement publicly supporting President Barack Obama’s selection of pro-abortion Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary of Health and Human Services are professors employed by Cath...

If you were out in boat as three storms were about to converge over you, would you not drop to your knees and pray? There are many attacks on the Catholic Church today. Groups of so-called Catholics are working in concert to generate a perfect storm for our bishops. The consciences of these so-calle...

My brother-in-law is a senior in high school and he, like millions of white middle class children, is preparing to undergo the rite of passage that is now expected of virtually all in his situation - entering college. I too was in his situation in the not to distant past. I remember the preparations...

From the Medieval Saints Yahoo group: St. Thomas Aquinas, priest, confessor, Doctor of the Church Also known as Doctor Angelicus; Doctor Communis; Great Synthesizer; The "Dumb Ox"; The Universal Teacher Died 1274 at Fossanuova near Terracina of apparent natural causes; relics at Saint-Servin, Toulou...

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People are so much easier to control when they’re dumb and illiterate. The heyday of the Catholic church, after all, was the middle ages. While still more influential and powerful than they probably should be, the Catholic church has had a harder time of it lately and it’s all the fault ...

I am indeed proud to be a De La Mennais Brother and I want the whole world to know it :-) I'm proud of what we stand for - helping young people to grow as individuals and in particular helping them to come to know and love Jesus Christ.I'm proud of the individuals in our congregation and the marvell...

Personal faith, piety, and intimacy with Jesus Christ often seem terribly remote from the strategies of argument and analysis in most Catholic colleges and universities. Catholic professors see this in their students -- and, if they are honest, in themselves. This is why, if they are genuinely Catho...

... at the Norwalk Catholic School Early Childhood Center ... In Jamie's Kindergarten classroom Jamie dressed for the occasion Our Lady's crown in front of the altar in St. Mary Parish Jamie's class sings after Communion Jamie's teacher Miss Smith hands him Our Lady's crown prior to the Recessional ...