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by bcadmin | Nov 21, 2022 | Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Divine Revelation, Features, Germany, Holy Spirit, Infallibility, interview, Jesus Christ, Lumen Gentium, Magisterium, News, Papacy, particular churches, Vatican II | 0 |
Editor’s note: The following kath.net interview was posted originally on November 15, 2022, and appears here with kind permission of Lothar C. Rilinger and kath.net. English translation is by Frank Nitsche-Robinson. Vatican (kath.net) According t…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 10, 2022 | Editor's Desk, News, Papacy, Pope Francis | 0 |
A new book takes a deep dive into one of today’s most controversial topics: the papacy.
by bcadmin | Nov 9, 2022 | Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, News, Papacy, Rome, The Dispatch | 0 |
Editor’s note: The following homily given on the feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran at the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City. The Church celebrates liturgical commemorations of […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 14, 2022 | Early Church, Hippolytus, News, Papacy, Saint Callistus, Tertullian, The Dispatch | 0 |
Calumny, according to the glossary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, is a “false statement which harms the reputation of others and gives occasion for false judgments concerning them.” The sin of calumny is […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 5, 2022 | lead, News, News Analysis, Papacy, Pope John Paul II, Popes | 0 |
Baseball’s ferment started me thinking about a similar question vis-à-vis Catholicism. What might be considered the church’s own most unbreakable record?
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 26, 2022 | Chapp's Schtick, collegiality, Columns, Communio, ecclesiology, Features, Germany, News, Papacy, Second Vatican Council, synodality | 0 |
Debates and controversies over matters of doctrinal development never happen in a vacuum or in the abstract. Which is why it is always critical to assess both the intellectual milieu in which such debates take […]
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The challenges facing Pope Sergius I began prior to his election in 687 A.D. He was far from a unanimous choice for pontiff, brought forward as an alternative to an archpriest named Theodore and an archdeacon named Pascal, who competed strongly for the position. Pascal, not accepting defeat graciously, continued to dispute the outcome, and […]
by bcadmin | Aug 18, 2022 | Church History, Featured, News, Papacy, Papal conclave, pope nicholas ii | 0 |
In an age when the Pope is treated as a news item on a daily basis, as if he were just another secular leader, it is easy for us to take the papacy for granted. Yet, this unique institution should be seen by Catholics as something entirely different: first, as Christ’s restoration of the Davidic […]
by bcadmin | Jul 23, 2022 | Abba, Jesus Christ, Lord's Prayer, News, Papacy, Sunday Reflections | 0 |
The Lord’s Prayer, commonly known as the “Our Father,” is known said so often that we can forget how extraordinary it is to call the Creator of the Universe “Abba.” “Thy Kingdom Come” means that we pray for his will, not ours. Many world religions hav…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 16, 2022 | Jesus Christ, News, Papacy, Prayer Life & Liturgy, St. Peter, Sunday Reflections | 0 |
Luke’s story of Mary and Martha of Bethany, sisters of Lazarus, teaches us about hospitality, service, action, contemplation, and distraction in pursuit of the Catholic Fullness. I once got a harsh letter from a Baptist lady protesting that she could n…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 7, 2022 | Apologetics, Featured, News, Papacy, Protestantism, St. Peter | 0 |
There is a temptation for us Catholics to think that there cannot be any biblical evidence against the papacy. Sure, non-Catholics can argue that there is no scriptural evidence for it, but how could there possibly be any evidence against it? It’s not like the New Testament is going to straight up say, “Peter was […]
by bcadmin | Jun 28, 2022 | Chapp's Schtick, Features, News, Papacy, Pope Francis, restorationists, Theology, Traditionalists, Vatican II | 0 |
My recent CWR column on Pope Francis’s comments about the worrisome rise of what he called “the restorers” in the American Church appears to have kicked up some dust and not a little misunderstanding. Many […]
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