Another Reason for an All-Male Priesthood
In my last article, I wrote about 7 reasons for an all-male priesthood. The teaching is very clear, but there are still many people, perhaps even with firm…
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7 Reasons for an All-Male Priesthood
Recently, I had a former student ask me why the Catholic Church only ordains men to the priesthood. Below is my admittedly long-winded answer. I know that this…
Cowardice to Shame to Anger: A Lesson from Screwtape
“But hatred is best combined with Fear. Cowardice, alone of all the vices, is purely painful–horrible to anticipate, horrible to feal, horrible to remember; Hatred has its pleasures.…
Reflections on Humanae Vitae Part V: Life in Christ
Pope Paul VI was just canonized a saint. Our reflections on Humanae Vitae have been building to its ultimate purpose, the one to which Pope St. Paul VI…
NewEvangelizers: Stirring Slumbering Souls
In Stirring Slumbering Souls, Michael Seagriff invites us to ponder 250 Eucharistic reflections and recognize two distinct voices, “the prophet calling Israel back to fidelity” and “the sweet…
Curing the Rot of the Clergy Scandal
A few years ago I broke my back. I spent a month in the hospital recovering, learning to perform basic actions like walking again. Getting out and getting…
Reflections of a Covenant
For the husband is the head of the wife, even As Christ is the head of the church: And he is the…
Staying Despite Scandal: Jesus is the Reason
A time of scandal for the church, a time when high-ranking clerics were found to be complicit in the sexual abuse of children, is a time that brings…
Reflections on Humanae Vitae Part III: Paul’s Prophecy
There are many reasons that Paul VI, the author of the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae, will soon be canonized as a saint. For today’s article, I would like…
Reflections on Humanae Vitae Part I – What it Says
The Church is about to celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of its most famous encyclicals in the modern world: Humanae Vitae. Of course if you have read…