In his letter accompanying the appointment of Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernandez to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Pope Francis invites his new Prefect to focus on the “main purpose” of the Dicastery: “keeping the faith.” These are St. Paul’s words from his 2nd letter to his disciple, Timothy: “I have...
Like many families during summer months, mine was recently traveling to the beach. My husband and I took a family friend with us to help with our nine-year-old twins and seven-year-old. We packed way too many bags and left at 4 a.m. to get an early start with the kids still in their...
After two days of online attacks and ridicule over his 1995 book Saname Con Tu Boca. El Arte De Besar (in English, Heal Me With Your Mouth: The Art of Kissing), Archbishop Víctor Manuel “Tucho” Fernández has decided to respond. Appointed Saturday to be the Prefect for the Dicastery of the Doctrine of...
I first came across Shaun Blanchard a couple of years ago when I read his excellent article, “Traditionis Custodes Was Never Merely About the Liturgy” in Church Life Journal. That article provoked my interest in how doctrine develops and the relationship between Tradition and the Magisterium. Since then I’ve followed his other articles and podcast...
A reflection on the readings for Sunday, July 2, 2023, The Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Abraham Lincoln was lauded for his magnanimity. William Seward, originally a political rival and later Lincoln’s secretary of state, called Lincoln’s magnanimity “almost superhuman.” Edwin Stanton, the attorney General before Lincoln took office, hurt Lincoln’s career in law...
A reflection on the readings for Sunday, July 2, 2023, The Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. You can listen to Fr. Satish’s homilies here. When I lived in India, I didn’t realize how kind and hospitable the Indian people are. Now that I visit home a couple of times a year, it strikes me...
What is the use, in fact, of proclaiming the Catholic dogma of the primacy of Blessed Peter and their successors, and of disseminating so many declarations of Catholic faith and obedience to the Apostolic See, when the actions themselves openly belie the words? Doesn’t stubbornness become the less excusable, the more the dutiful...
I recently saw a sponsored social media post by a Catholic that said “Call the LGBTQ community for what they are: sexual degenerates.” A Catholic website garnered over 90,000 signatures in attempts to stop a recent LGBTQ ministry conference at Fordham University — a conference whose modest goal was “to build community, share...
According to multiple news reports, testimony was heard yesterday in the case of Bishop Michael Olson and the Arlington nuns in civil court. As we reported earlier this month, the Discalced Carmelite nuns of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington — led by their prioress Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach, O.C.D....
Since the story broke on Saturday, the Catholic world has been abuzz with discussion about Bishop Joseph Strickland and the Apostolic Visitation conducted last week in his diocese of Tyler, Texas. Multiple sources have confirmed that the visitation was undertaken at the direction of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Bishops, and that the investigation...
Last month, Pope Francis Generation passed the first anniversary of the podcast and now we’re beginning Season Four! This felt like a good occasion to revisit our mission and pillars. A few weeks ago I was listening to another Catholic podcast and they had a guest on who was reflecting on her experience...
A reflection on the readings for June 25, 2023 — The 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time Are you ever afraid or disturbed, maybe even frequently? In preparing for this homily, I came across a beautiful quote from Blessed Clelia Merloni, the foundress of the Congregation of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of...
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