Cardinal Mindszenty and Pius XII: A Lost Tale for All Seasons
(A fitting time in this Pentecost to recall with contributor Joseph Donnelly the all-too-forgotten József Cardinal Mindszenty, the 50th anniversary of whose death in...
Transgender In-sanity
There is an ancient Indian fable of six blind men who meet an elephant. Each of them touches different parts of the elephant. One...
Apologetics 101, part 3: Must God Be Good?
Recently, Catholic Insight posted a thoughtful note from Carl Sundell on the essential questions we should be prepared to answer about our faith.
This list...
The Repentance and Return of Saint Peter
In a previous essay I dealt with the stages in St. Peter's fall from grace. In this essay, I would like to examine his...
Pope Benedict and Saint Boniface
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Saint Boniface, the Apostle of the Germans
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today, we shall reflect on a great eighth-century...
Now Is the Time to be a Saint: Facing Antisemitism in the Church
Those who do not know the past are condemned to repeat it. - George Santayana
This, more than anything else, is what I have realized...
Apologetics 101.2: The Scandal of Evil
Recently, Catholic Insight posted a thoughtful note from Carl Sundell on the essential questions we should be prepared to answer about our faith.
This list...
The Ascension of our Lord
Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come...
Where Has Shame Fled?
āIf I am a sinner and deny sin, there is no forgiveness.Ā The denial of sin is the unforgivable sin.ā Archbishop Fulton Sheen
Once upon...
Pope John Paul II and the Visitation
(Here is Pope Saint John Paul II's first homily for the feast of the Visitation, to close off his first Marian month as Pope,...