More toils of ecumenism

WILMINGTON, DE -- The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is again under fire after it received two lawsuits in a span of seven days, one from a 57-year-old Delaware woman and another from a Colorado judge, involving alleged sexual abuse by...... more

http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=29839 By Bishop Robert W. Finn, The Catholic Key (www.catholickey.org), 10/4/2008 As Archbishop Naumann and I stressed in our recent Pastoral Letter, ....“Our Moral Responsibility as Catholic Citizens,” we can never vote for a candidate because of his or permissive stand on abortion. At the same time, if we are inclined to vote for someone despite their pro-abortion stance, it seems we are morally obliged to establ... more

On this episode, Lisa shares an interview with Catholic Mom, songwriter and musician Margo B. Smith including a special discussion on the beauty of spending time in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Deacon Tom Fox brings our month on the life of St. Therese of Lisieux to a close with his final installment of our St. Therese series. To enter our latest contest for your chance to win Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux email lisahendey@gmail.com by October 3... more

Christmas, even in difficult times, is when children tell Father Christmas what they want – and then adults pay for it. By contrast, budget deficits are when adults tell the … ... more

Remodelar Donington no es fácil. Por eso hoy se habla de un retraso en las obras encaminadas al regreso de este mítico trazado inglés al calendario de Fórmula 1, previsto para 2010. La inversión de ciento setenta y cinco millones de dólares podría retrasarse según informa el Daily Telegraph.... more

His father’s name has been cropping up regularly for Oliver Huish ahead of the Daily Telegraph Junior Golf final tournament due to start in Abu Dhabi.... more

God does not ask of us virtue, moralism, blind obedience but a cry of assurance and of love from the depth of our hell–Paul Evdokimov It is very easy to simply let the Magisterium tell you what to believe. I have a couple of friends who keep insisting that Rome should take care of many things, [...]... more

John of Fides Quaerens Intellectum has replied to my post Development of Doctrine II, primarily with a 1,700-word comment thatis longer than the post itself.  As supporting material, he has posted two entries at his own blog: one consisting chiefly of quotations from the late Prof. JND Kelly and Fr. John Behr on St. Irenaeus; [...]... more

[As I had hoped, my post "Development of doctrine: it’s that time again" elicited some very interesting discussion. The purpose of this sequel is to reply to the last comment that John of Fides Quarens Intellectum addressed to me. That’s the comment that got my mental juices flowing well. As I wrote my reply to [...]... more