If your standard for a “Pope Francis Catholic” is “more like Francis than Donald Trump is,” you could count the number of “Pope Francis Catholics” in the billions.
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Chesterton analyzed the problems that plague modernity with a wit and wisdom which is charming and disarming, using the power of paradox and combining clarity with charity in a way that is difficult to resist.
It’s a constant temptation to manufacture an experience of our Catholic faith, to elevate the end result over the process of being or becoming faithful.
On the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, three popes reflect on the mystery of the priesthood, and the Petrine ministry.
It’s arguable that Francis exercises his post immodestly. But, on the other hand, there might be some necessary excess he’s dealing with. Take time to consider that.
Let your yes mean yes and your no mean no. For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.
Acknowledging one’s sexual identity can be a catalyst for genuine humility, writes Timothy Kirchoff, but there is a point at which LGBT pride clearly constitutes what Aquinas would call sinful pride.
There is no more generous, other-centered person than my Grandfather, writes Charles Camosy.
A feminist conference should be uniting all women over issues everyone can agree on or building compromises on issues that are divisive, writes Joseph Jablonski.
If the Benedict Option is a call for retreat, then it is atomizing, writes Shaun Kenney. If it is a call for a mere collective of like-minded souls, then it is contrary to its own purpose.