Nationalistic Saints
Crisis Magazine
by Casey Chalk
2d ago
“How Christian is Christian Nationalism?” asked a New Yorker piece last year. Many Christians would argue “not at all”—believing that Christians should not even engage in public service, as the faithful are called to be a people set apart. Other Christian traditions—among them Anabaptists such as the Mennonites and the Bruderhof Communities, Holiness Pacifists, Seventh-day Adventists… Source ..read more
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Does Confession Have a Place in the Paschal Triduum?
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by John M. Grondelski
3d ago
Should confessions be scheduled during the Paschal Triduum? Once upon a time, that question would have been a non-question. Youthful memories remind me of confession lines on Holy Saturday. More recent ones, too. I’m proud to have a pastor who demonstrates priestly charity and hears confessions on Holy Saturday morning. But the question remains pertinent because there are some lingering… Source ..read more
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Lent and Taxes
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by Robert B. Greving
3d ago
It can be no coincidence that the season of Lent coincides with the filing of taxes. Both God and Caesar bid us to be reconciled; the former with more justice than the latter. It is just for a nation to levy taxes to maintain the common good. Taxes pay for public services and servants; therefore, tax laws are, in principle, just, and we have a moral obligation to obey and pay. Source ..read more
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Mother Cabrini and Deaconesses
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by Msgr. Richard C. Antall
4d ago
I could not help thinking about the current state of the Church in America while watching the emotionally powerful movie Cabrini, just released by Angel Studios. The archbishop she dealt with in New York seemed to me to be a caricature of the prelates who are lions within the flock and lambs outside of it. I am sure the lions appreciate the variation of style. You can browbeat the more… Source ..read more
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Sin: Fighting Against Our True Nature
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by Regis Martin
4d ago
He was, by all accounts, an exceedingly frugal fellow. Even in conversation his words were few and infrequent. Once, after attending a church service, he was asked what the sermon was about. All he said was: “Sin.” And the preacher’s position on the subject? “He was against it,” came the curt reply. Now, that would be Calvin Coolidge, our thirtieth president, who said not a word about what… Source ..read more
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Two Catholic Scientists You Might Not Know
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by Joseph Pearce
6d ago
In his new book, Science at the Doorstep to God, Fr. Robert Spitzer shows that new discoveries in the physical sciences point toward the existence of God. This revolutionary new evidence for God’s existence makes atheism seem sillier than ever. Already effectively disproved through the rational arguments of philosophy and the evidence of history, atheism is now being debunked by the physical… Source ..read more
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Joe Hosts a Heretic
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by Austin Ruse
1w ago
Joe Biden is a heretic who eats and drinks his own spiritual death every time he unworthily takes Communion, which is all the time. So, it is unsurprising Old Joe hosted another well-known heretic, Fr. James Martin, S.J., at the White House last Sunday for St. Patrick’s Day. St. Patrick chased the snakes out of Ireland, and here was Old Joe allowing them to slither into the White House. Source ..read more
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Summoning Our Inner St. Paul
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by Jerome German
1w ago
The very courageous sixty-one-year-old Catholic Bishop Shao of Wenzhou, China, was recently arrested again. His crime? Specific charges are not often forthcoming in China, but the arrest doubtlessly stems from his refusal to join the Patriotic Association, a darkly comedic euphemism for the portion of the Catholic Church in China that is controlled by the Communist Party. Bishop Shao was told by… Source ..read more
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No Mercy for Sin Itself
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by Anthony Esolen
1w ago
Tolerance is for persons. It does not apply to principles. When the Supreme Court overturned its infamous decision that invented a right for a woman to procure an elective abortion—one not necessitated by, for example, an emergency hysterectomy to remove a malignant cancer—many people said that it would not result in fewer abortions. I think that most opponents of abortion understood that… Source ..read more
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Catholicism Into the Wild
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by Darrick Taylor
1w ago
“On the mountain, the Lord will see.” Thus did Abraham, in the book of Genesis, name the mountain where God tested him by ordering him to sacrifice his only son, Isaac. The Bible is full of stories where prophets and holy men encounter God “in the wilderness,” in deserted places where no one lives. Moses, Abraham, Elijah, Elisha, and of course, Christ Himself, all encountered God in places beyond… Source ..read more
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