Articles on Culture and Politics
“A good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of himself, so that those who govern can govern. But what is the best that we can offer to those who govern? Prayer!” Pope Francis
Catholic Women Priests: Can There Be a Discussion?
Eleven years ago Christine Mayr Lumetzberger was excommunicated because she attempted to be ordained as a Catholic priest. A mischievous and misleading article by British journalist Peter Stanford entitled Meet the Female Priest Defying [...]
Auschwitz: Depth of Murder- Depth of Mercy
Pope Francis’ somber visit to Auschwitz last week brought the world face to face with the depth of humanity’s depravity and the depth of divine redemption. St Paul, wrote, “where sin is abounding. Grace [...]
The Tyranny of Tenderness
Walker Percy and Flannery O’Connor agreed that “tenderness leads to the gas chambers”, and what they were trying to get through our thick heads is that tenderness without truth is tyranny. As Rodney Stark [...]
The Homogenization of America
On a trip to Oklahoma I arrived at the airport and was taken to a suburban retail area for a meal. Suddenly it occurred to me that I could very well have been back [...]
Women’s Ordination: One Door Closes and Another Opens
In the same interview in which Pope Francis said about a homosexual who seeks the Lord, “Who am I to judge?” he also commented on women’s ordination saying, “That door is closed.” The Pope [...]
Just Injustice
In the Autumn of 2013 two Christian pastors from the mid-West were convicted of sex offenses against children. The first concerned a Protestant from the Victory Fellowship Church in Iowa. Youth pastor Brent [...]