Trust
The Empty Nets and the Church That Groans
On the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, the old Mass teaches Catholics how to hope when the world is restless, the Church is battered, and Peter’s net strains under the weight ...
Crisis of Confidence in the Church
To the liberal Catholic Lord Acton (1834-1902) is attributed the phrase: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” In democracies it has been concluded that power must be ...
Bishops Burning Bridges
When I was in Catholic graduate studies, our instructors would alert us to incoming papal encyclicals. Excitement would build, delectatory anticipation of what Pope John Paul might say. When it ...