Francis Cardinal George, former Archbishop of Chicago, passed away today. Born in 1937, he was 78 years old. He had been fighting cancer for almost a decade. Widely admired for his insight and courage, he will be greatly missed. [See also: 6 Fascinating Videos from the Papacy and Death of...
Religious Liberty is under attack in the Nation’s Capital! The Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act of 2014 (RHNDA) and the Human Rights Amendment Act of 2014 (HRAA) were passed by the DC City Council and signed by the mayor in January. These acts are a direct threat to the...
This article originally appeared on Fr. Dwight Longenecker’s blog “Standing on My Head,” and is reprinted with permission. Visit his website, browse his books, and be in touch at dwightlongenecker.com. We often hear from atheists how religion is dying out as mankind comes to see the clear light...
Scripture prophesies and prescribes Marian devotion, and a careful reading of the New and Old Testament together shows that Mary is given a pride of place rarely (if ever) found in Protestant denominations. But that is not the end of the story. Protestants examining this evidence will sometimes be intellectually...
I never thought I’d be the sort of person — the sort of Christian — that prays the Rosary. That said, I never thought I’d be the sort of Christian that was a Catholic either. But, in the end, it turns out that praying the rosary, in more ways than...
The argument that divorced and civilly remarried Catholics (lacking annulments) be allowed to receive the Eucharist is kind of like 40+ year-old, re-heated mashed potatoes: it’s been spit out by the authority of Church time and again, but for some reason keeps appearing on the spoon of stubborn theologians...
