Columnist: Fr. Richard Heilman

The bishops should worry less about what historians will write but what Christ will ask at their final judgement. The critical point for our Lord was His arrest in the garden. I contend that the responses of the first Bishops, at that critical point, are eerily similar to the percentage of responses of Bishops today, … Read more

I write as a parish priest in, what I like to refer as, “the trenches.” One could also call it the “front lines.” I count myself among those, priests and lay faithful alike, who are exceedingly concerned with the trajectory of the Catholic Church in America – the actual loss of souls – in this post-Vatican … Read more

This comes from a December 29 social media post by my very good friend, Fr. Carlos Martins. Fr. Martins has many wonderful gifts and, here, he demonstrates his great gift of articulating what comes from his heart. I could not agree more with him. In fact, and I have stated this before, I believe we are in … Read more