Part 2 of a series examining Fr. Chad Ripperger’s public teachings on women, marriage, and patriarchy — and their consequences. In Part 1 of this series, I examined Fr. Chad Ripperger’s public claims about women in general: that they are uniquely prone to emotional disorder, inclined toward control, and spiritually impeded by what he...
Through the Scriptures, Tradition, liturgies, and devotions, people can encounter the living Christ and experience his love, healing, and freedom. But what happens when the women and men in the Church who are tasked with teaching doctrine, preaching God’s word, or presiding over the sacraments, do so with carelessness or coercion? What harm...
It is important that a renewed humanism be developed, in which the human identity equates with the category of person. The current crisis, in fact, is also rooted in individualism which obscures people’s relational dimension and leads them to withdraw in their own small world, concerned primarily with satisfying their own needs and...
Part 2 of a series examining Fr. Chad Ripperger’s public teachings on women, marriage, and patriarchy — and their consequences. In Part 1 of this series, I examined Fr. Chad Ripperger’s public claims about women in general: that they are uniquely prone to emotional disorder, inclined toward control, and spiritually impeded by what he...
Through the Scriptures, Tradition, liturgies, and devotions, people can encounter the living Christ and experience his love, healing, and freedom. But what happens when the women and men in the Church who are tasked with teaching doctrine, preaching God’s word, or presiding over the sacraments, do so with carelessness or coercion? What harm...
It is important that a renewed humanism be developed, in which the human identity equates with the category of person. The current crisis, in fact, is also rooted in individualism which obscures people’s relational dimension and leads them to withdraw in their own small world, concerned primarily with satisfying their own needs and...
Today, on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, the Catholic Church celebrates the World Day of Peace. This celebration began in 1968 at the direction of Pope St. Paul VI who was inspired to establish the holiday by Pope John XXIII’s encyclical, Pacem in Terris, and his own encyclical, Populorum Progressio. Pope...
Every Christmas we picture the nativity as peaceful and warm — but the real story includes a family fleeing for their lives. In this video, Pedro Gabriel explores the question behind one of today’s biggest Christmas controversies: were Mary and Joseph refugees? Drawing on the Gospels and on papal teaching — from Pope...
In this episode, I talked with Dr. Shaun Blanchard about Pope Leo declaring St. John Henry Newman to be a doctor of the Church. We discuss Shaun’s role in that official process. We also discuss Newman’s theology of development and how it’s important for the Church today. Listen to the episode here or...
The Christmas season is a time of joy, reflection, and celebration. It is when families gather to share in the love and warmth of the season, despite the busyness and distractions that often come with it. Among the many feast days in the Christmas octave, the Feast of the Holy Family — celebrated...
Earlier this week, Pope Leo was asked about the passing of “Deb’s Law” in Illinois. Signed into law earlier this month by Governor JB Pritzker, this law legalizes medically assisted killing in the pope’s home state. Leo said he was “very disappointed” that this bill was passed and that he spoke “very explicitly...
The WPI team wishes you a merry Christmas! We hope that you and your families are able to celebrate Christ’s birth with joy that is undimmed by any challenges you are facing; peace that surpasses understanding; love that breaks down walls and builds bridges; and hope that is secure in the promises that...
The Holy Father is celebrating his first Christmas as pope with an emphasis on peace. Throughout Advent, Pope Leo XIV has emphasized the need for peace this Christmas. He began the season with his first Papal visit to the Middle East where he emphasized peace between peoples and faiths. On December 6, he...
In imitation of the shepherds, we too move spiritually towards Bethlehem, where Mary gave birth to the Child in a stable, “because there was no place for them in the inn”. Christmas has become a universal feast, and even those who do not believe perceive the appeal of this occasion. A Christian, however,...
One of the handful of facts that Sunday school students seem to retain about the life of Christ is that he was born in Bethlehem and grew up in the city of Nazareth. Anyone who has observed a nativity set would assume the two cities in question were robust and well-known Jewish hamlets....
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