The Pharisee and the Publican . James Tissot (1894) This will probably be a controversial article, but I think it needs to be said, lest we ...

St. Gregory Nazianzen tells us (Oratio XLIII, #50) where an official of Emperor Valens ordered St. Basil the Great to comply with an unjust ...

can. 753 † Although the bishops who are in communion with the head and members of the college, whether individually or joined together in c...

Introduction The Church, over the past two thousand years and including today, has continued her mission of being faithful to Our Lord’s te...

In opposition to the teaching of the Church, I see multiple factions. While these factions oppose each other on what is right, they are unit...

It happens whenever we change administrations in America. Catholics who favor those who are now in power view opposition from the Church as ...

But especially contradictory is a notion of Tradition which opposes the universal Magisterium of the Church possessed by the Bishop of Rome...

20. Nor must it be thought that what is expounded in Encyclical Letters does not of itself demand consent, since in writing such Letters ...

A troubling trend that shows political ideology leading to dissent from Church teaching is not limited to one faction is the contempt direct...

The reasoning goes that Republicans oppose the keeping abortion legal. These bishops oppose keeping abortion legal. Republicans oppose “pro...

can. 747 §1.† The Church, to which Christ the Lord has entrusted the deposit of faith so that with the assistance of the Holy Spirit it mi...

So, did you hear the one about the Pope who asked his advisors to look into a Church teaching and see whether it was ever legitimate to do s...

The False Understanding of Conscience The concept of conscience is often misrepresented. People think their feelings and preferences are co...

When it comes to moral obligation members of the Church can suddenly become very pharisaical in the sense of setting aside God’s commandment...