Is It Intolerant to Share the Faith?
Many Millennial Christians believe it is wrong to try to convert others. Are they correct?
To Love Fasting
Catholics need to again embrace an aesectical practice that’s been long forgotten: fasting.
The Secret Weapon of Evangelization
When evangelizing, what invitation should the Catholic extend to those who have fallen away from the faith?
How the Pro-Life Movement Made Me Catholic
The pro-life movement has done a lot of good over the years, including bringing many people into the Catholic Church. I’m one of those people.
Preaching the Bad News
Christians are called to evangelization – which means preaching the “Good News.” But do we need to first preach the Bad News before people will accept the Good News?
What Pope Francis Gets Right—and Wrong—About Poverty and Wealth
Pope Francis urges us to help the poor. But does he understand how poverty and wealth happen?
Would the Latin Mass Fill the Pews?
Imagine a world in which the Extraordinary Form of the Mass became ordinary. How would that impact Mass attendance?
Does Doctrine Change?
The historical record of Church teaching does pose a challenge: Christian doctrine is unchanging, yet history has shown that changes do occur.
On Deposing Popes: A Historical Review
This article is also available as a printer-friendly PDF document. Asking the Question Throughout his five-year reign, Pope Francis has been a controversial figure. He has pushed for novelties and innovations to both the papacy and the Church...
The Papolatry of Cardinal Ouellet
Over a month ago Archbishop Carlo Vigano, former apostolic nuncio to the United States, made a number of accusations against Pope Francis and others regarding their alleged cover-up of the Cardinal McCarrick affair. More recently Archbishop...
The Scandal of the Church
In the second century, the Church faced its first great heresy: Gnosticism. This confusing and eclectic system of beliefs threatened to destroy the Church in its infancy. Among Gnosticism’s tenets was the conviction that the material world is...
Diocese on a Diet: Reducing the Temporal Power of the Bishops
As frustration and anger toward bishops grow, Catholics are asking what they can do to resist the corruption that has infected the episcopate. Ideas include prayer, fasting, writing letters, and protesting at USCCB meetings. All these are valid...