From Carl Olson, written for a Protestant website, because, you know, he’s one of those unecumenical New Apologists. When my final Protestant pastor (a good man and dear friend) saw that I was becoming deadly serious about entering the Roman Catholic Church, he made one last, desperate pitch. “Why don’t you found your own church?”…

From Conor, and worth discussing: (BTW Here’s an update on the situation he’s discussing.) At the risk of being attacked, can I ask why this guy should be kicked out of the priesthood, bounced, or banned from public ministry? Certainly, it is gravely immoral to use marijuana and to break laws by growing it. But…

Follow the lead of that Chicago group Thirty local priests have signed a strongly worded letter protesting what they call violent language toward homosexuals in a Vatican document. The 12-page Vatican document discourages same-sex marriage and instructs Catholic lawmakers to vote against proposals that would allow the marriages. “Language can destroy or build up,” said…

In Colorado, a family says good-bye to a son for whom they cared for decades The Eloes, devout members of the Catholic Church who always brought Thomas to services, wouldn’t change anything about their son’s life. Marilyn was firm that her son’s situation was meant to be and that Thomas’ disabilities worked over the years…

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