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Where Peter Is

Reflection

 by Kristi McCabe

Blind Faith

When a blind priest stands in front of a congregation and exhorts them to trust in Jesus, who could possibly ignore him? 

Analysis / Commentary

 by Nathan Turowsky

Theology by Pull Quote

Bishop Robert Barron’s essay on World Youth Day, which he published on the website for his Word on Fire ministry on Thursday, July 13, is an excellent example of a concerning trend in writing on serious religious and moral subjects. I don’t mean to say that it is concerning that Bishop Barron takes...

Scripture Reflection

 by Deacon Steve O'Neill

The hellstrip or the fertile soil

A reflection on the readings for July 16, 2023, the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time While browsing the paper online this past week, I was introduced to the somewhat arresting term “hellstrip” in an article from gardener and writer Tovah Martin. In her telling, this term was coined for land next to the...

Which Pope said this?

 by WPI Contributor

Which Pope said this?

The Pope who visits you, expects from you a generous and noble effort to know the Church better and better. The Second Vatican Council wished to be, above all, a Council on the Church. Take in your hands the documents of the Council, especially “Lumen Gentium”, study them with loving attention, with the...

Feature

 by Paul Fahey

Building Catholic Futures

There’s little question that the way we discuss LGBTQ persons and issues needs significant improvement. At worst, when pastors and catechists talk about homosexuality in Catholic spaces, they present LGBTQ individuals as enemies or speak about them with pity. But even many of the better homilies and lessons, given with compassion and good...

Commentary

 by Mike Lewis

The SSPX position: Defensible or Schismatic?

At a time when LifeSiteNews is reporting on parishioners “flocking” to the the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) following the cancelation of a diocesan Latin Mass in Corpus Christi, Texas, and Bishops Joseph Strickland and Athanasius Schneider are praising the SSPX for their alleged adherence to the Catholic faith, the society may seem...

Feature / Life Issues

 by Kristi McCabe

Pope Francis: All Nations must Work to Eradicate Hunger

In a message addressed to the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization’s 43rd Session, taking place in Rome the first week of July, Pope Francis called for “joint, multicultural action” on the part of all nations and organizations to aid starving millions worldwide and “eradicate the scourge of hunger.” The Holy Father emphasized...