891 “The Roman Pontiff, head of the college of bishops, enjoys this infallibility in virtue of his office, when, as supreme pastor and teac...

Last time I talked about God ultimately being in charge, so we could trust Him to protect the Church when things grew beyond our control. T...

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

Things are falling apart faster than I expected. Certain Catholics (not all of them: I pray this is merely a noisy minority) have gone beyon...

The title of this article comes from a passage written by Hans Urs von Balthasar about the growing hostility towards the Pope: “The papacy...

24  “Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. 25  The rain fell, t...

The Pope’s visit to America confirms what I long knew—the media and the politicians don’t understand the meaning of religion, treating it as...

Introduction The encyclical Laudato Si  is coming out tomorrow. Personally, I have no intention of commenting on the text until I see the o...