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21/12/2018

An Advent meditation by co-Founder Christopher R. Altieri, pulled together from earlier reflections and recast to purpose.

The final days of Advent, a season of spiritual warfareAs quiet and meek as was Christ’s first coming into the world, in a hovel, in a manger, in a hamlet, so great will be the glory of His second coming, that the world shall break at it. December 21, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri General 0 Print De...

14/10/2018

"[I]n his homilies and popular broadcasts on Radio YSAX [Oscar Romero] spoke out more frequently against the abuses of the right than he did of the left. However, this was not because of some political bias, but simply because El Salvador’s right-wing, US-backed government was responsible for the vast majority of the killings in what would become the Salvadoran civil war: between 80 and 90 percent of the 75,000 victims of this brutal conflict were killed by the regime rather than by leftist guerrillas.

"Still, Romero did not hesitate to call the left out for its offenses. He frequently criticized leftist guerrillas for using violence to achieve their aims, even if he believed that the underlying root of guerrilla violence was poverty and the repression of the regime. The martyred archbishop’s views on armed revolution were actually quite conservative and would prove disappointing to many liberation theologians. In a meeting with the press, he said that an armed uprising would be acceptable only if 'all peaceful means had been exhausted' and if 'the evils of insurrection [were] not worse than the evils of the dictatorship or tyrannical power to be eliminated'."

Three Common Myths about Archbishop Oscar RomeroThe life and legacy of Romero, who will be canonized on October 14th, have frequently been distorted and seized by political ideologues and those who want to change Church doctrine. October 13, 2018 Filip Mazurczak Features, History 8 Print Then-Archbi...

03/10/2018

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25/09/2018

Lillian Vogl has written a thoughtful and provocative essay, which arises from a deeply filial sense of our duty to think with the Church - sentire cm ecclesia - and to say what we think from that place. It merits careful consideration and critical engagement.

“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it.” — Mark 8:34b-35 (Gospel for 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time) “Put to death, theref...

14/09/2018

Joseph G. Trabbic for the Catholic World Report, with a challenging reflection on the 20th anniversary of Pope St. John Paul II's encyclical letter, FIDES ET RATIO.

Why the Church needs philosophy: On the 20th anniversary of Fides et ratioThe philosophical currents that troubled John Paul II two decades ago and moved him to write Fides et ratio haven’t disappeared. September 14, 2018 Joseph G. Trabbic Essay, Features 0 Print On September 14, 1998 Pope John Pa...

02/09/2018

Co-founder Christopher R. Altieri was with Caitlin Nuclo of WFSB - Channel 3 Eyewitness News on Sunday morning to discuss the crisis in the Catholic Church.

Christopher Altieri discusses the ongoing crisis in the Catholic church.

17/08/2018

Christopher R. Altieri for the Catholic Herald, on the response of the US bishops and the Vatican to the Pennsylvania report.

Many Catholics no longer trust them to handle the issue

16/08/2018

JD Flynn with pointed and measured analysis of the Pennsylvania report, the bishops, and what to do now.

Among the sexual abusers mentioned in the Aug. 14 Pennsylvania grand jury report, one priest merits particular attention.

11/08/2018

Christopher R. Altieri spoke with Donald Cardinal Wuerl regarding some of His Eminence's recent remarks to Salt & Light TV, which seemed to downplay the gravity of the crisis facing the Church.

Cardinal Wuerl seeks to clarify recent comments; says, “This is a very grave moment…”In an interview with CWR, the Archbishop of Washington, DC, responds to questions about his recent appearance on the Salt & Light television network. August 11, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri, CWR Staff Features,...

06/08/2018

Eduardo Echeverria for the Catholic World Report: a call for a recovery of the kind of thinking that informed and directed two great papal encyclicals, which were also significant works of moral science.

Language, Truth, and Reality: Revisiting Veritatis Splendor on its 25th anniversaryIt is time to engage in a creative retrieval of this work so as to revitalize the present theological culture and life of the Church from its drift toward what is nothing other than a new modernism. August 5, 2018 Edu...

28/07/2018

Christopher R. Altieri for the Catholic Herald, on how (not) to fight the fight the Church is in.

Rumours about McCarrick were widespread. Why did nobody act?

25/07/2018

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