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The Church is plunged into the darkness of Good Friday | CWR Staff | "Today," states Robert Cardinal Sarah, "I can say without fear that some priests, some bishops and even some cardinals are afraid to proclaim what God teaches and to hand on the doctrine of the Church."In Pennsylvania, Carmelites plan a "micro village" according to St. Teresa's vision | Jim Graves | Eleven sisters are the founding members of a new hilltop monastery in the Diocese of Harrisburg.Christus Vivit: The Good, the Banal, and the Exasperating | Fr. Peter M.J. Stravinskas | The recently released Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation contains many good things, but is also filled with passages that are overwrought, exaggerated, and lacking.Rules for Christian Intellectuals, Part I | Kelly Scott Franklin | For those Christians with an intellectual calling, Fr. Antonin-Gilbert Sertillanges, OP (1863-1948), offers a guide, a method, and a spirituality for that life."This story must be told": The making of a movie about abortion, love, forgiveness | Jim Graves | An interview with Cary Solomon and Chuck Konzelman, the Catholic writers, directors and producers of Unplanned.Clericalism | R. Thomas Richard, PhD | Clericalism is an important and profoundly harmful reality dwelling within some if not many Catholics today, clergy and laity. Recognizing and rejecting "The Idol of Our Age" | Carl E. Olson | The "religion of humanity," says political philosopher Daniel J. Mahoney, "draws on Christianity but radically distorts it in the process."No, the Church doesn't think that being a layperson is a punishment | Nicholas Senz | A laicized priest, far from being a "regular layperson" again, often cannot participate in many things lay people usually can.Mary the Perfected Witness | Dn. Thomas Baca | If God favored Mary so much ("highly favored one"), could Mary have been prevented from losing her grace or favor during her lifetime? Walk for Life frees prisoner to heal from loss, inspire others | Diane Hanson | I needed to acknowledge the loss of my kids," says Michael Kershaw, serving time in California's Valley State Prison, "and honor them through this walk – to share my story, my hurt, my shame – to heal, remember and love." The role of clericalism in the current crisis | Christopher R. Altieri | Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, in recent remarks, was right in what he affirmed with respect to the crisis. But I think he was wrong in what he denied.Recent Book Reviews at Homiletic & Pastoral Review | HPR Contributors | Reviews of six books, on topics including priestly blessings, Narnia, Christianity in Iraq, exorcisms, and more."How Shall This Be?" A Call to Humility for a New Pentecost | Douglas G. Bushman, STL | The clergy sexual-abuse scandal, including the McCarrick affair, contains a lesson for all who are zealous to promote the New Evangelization. "The Best Books I Read in 2018" | CWR Contributors | Forty CWR editors and contributors share their favorite reads from the last year.On evangelizing the culture and why hobbits (really) need the Shire | Conor Sweeney | We, as "Christian hobbits", need to understand that the real imperative and challenge of evangelization takes place well before we can even think of doing anything "out there."Living Advent and celebrating Christmas in a secularized, materialistic society | Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinaskas | Nine suggestions on how to re-capture a proper celebration of the Advent-Christmas cycle of the Church's year.An Advent Examination | Fr. Kenneth G. Davis, OFM Conv. | While not encouraging it as the grump who steals the joy of Christmas, what better way to prepare for Christ than by preparing our conscience?Spanning continents and centuries, Our Lady's message is clear | Jeanette Flood | At various times and places, the Blessed Mother has communicated to her children on Earth the need for repentance and trust in God's mercy.A short defense of authentic synodality | Dr. Adam A.J. DeVille | Prior to the conclusion of Vatican II, synods were not thematic conferences discussing boutique interests of some group or other. Far from it.The End and the Eucharist: Advent Wisdom from Newman and Knox | Fr. Charles Fox | In a very real sense, the end is always near, and the nearness of Christ's coming calls us to action, to preparation, and vigilance.Catholic. 100% Pro-life. Feminist. | K. V. Turley | "Like other pro-life feminists," says Fiorella Nash, author of The Abolition of Woman, "I see abortion as a form of exploitation and a sign that contemporary feminism has lost its way."Saint Paul, the Apocalypse, and the mystery of evil | Conor Sweeney | Satan relentlessly pursues the best so that the worst might be that much more effective a lie.A Spirituality of Advent | Fr. David V. Meconi | As God's chosen ones "on the way," we must insist on the quiet of Advent. February meeting at the Vatican needs to address directly the crisis of leadership | Christopher R. Altieri | The evils plaguing the US hierarchy are not limited to the capitally gruesome realities of child abuse and coverup, but include entrenched networks of corrupt and morally bankrupt clerics, high and low.The Benedict Option for a "Monastic" Church | Richard H. Bulzacchelli, STD | When we confuse the City of God with the City of Man and believe Christians have more in common with the world than not, we assimilate to the world. Environmental questions we ought to (but rarely) ask | Thomas M. Doran | The greatest environmental threats are not in America or Europe but in autocratic states and in faux-democratic countries where privilege and graft are rampant.Avoiding another Roman fiasco in February | George Weigel | There are disturbing signs that Those Who Just Don't Get It are still not getting it, I'd like to flag some pitfalls the February meeting should avoid.The Pope fiddles, the bishops fumble, and the laity fume | Carl E. Olson | No, it's not clear that the Holy See is taking the abuse crisis seriously. And the USCCB isn't helping matters.How Politics Becomes Religion | Dr. Samuel Gregg | The sheer ferocity of contemporary politics suggests that, for many people, it's their real religion.James Faulker on playing St. Paul: "This role was a game changer for me..." | Jim Graves | "Paul's faith is one that has love at the very heart of it," says the noted English actor in discussing Paul, Apostle of Christ, "a love that not every religion seems to possess."Celebrating Humanae Vitae | Richard P. Maggi, Esq. | Why the Church must be willing, as was Blessed Pope Paul, to challenge the faithful to meet the demands of the encyclical's teachings.A Reflection on Humanae Vitae | John F. Kippley | Recently I watched a television interview with an eloquent defender of Humanae Vitae, but at its conclusion I was disappointed.Humanae Vitae: An Unwelcomed Anniversary in the West | Rev. Basil Cole, O.P. | What is now needed is a newer encyclical, taking all the truth of HV, and scripting it in light of virtue and vice.New life, new voices in Catholic letters | James Matthew Wilson | Recent collections of poetry by Ryan Wilson and Mark Amorose tell us that literary culture is far better off than it was four decades ago.Amazon.va? | Fr. Peter M.J. Stravinskas | Germany probably doesn't have that much concern about the ecclesial mess of Latin America but believes it can use their predicament to move the Church Universal yet further in the leftward direction.Maintaining the Liturgy in a Homily Surrounded by Technology | Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC | Does technology enhance or diminish a homily? Should we use technology in homiletics? Pascal's Wager, certitude and doubt, and the human condition | Carl E. Olson | "The wager," says the author of a new book on Pascal's philosophy and faith, "demands a kind of self-transformation of one's passions, a movement from self-interested calculation to generous self-giving."Cardinal McCarrick and the crisis of episcopal leadership | Christopher R. Altieri | The shock and sadness expressed over the allegations Cardinal McCarrick violated the Charter are no more than a red herring.Good-bye, Dad | Patrick Coffin | Since the death of my father three months ago, I have re-read parts of A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis, the blunt opening line of which tells the truth: "no one told me grief feels so like fear." That's about right."Evangelism always follows from relationships": Daniel Mattson on same-sex attraction and witnessing to the Faith | Leslie Fain | The author of Why I Don't Call Myself Gay says evangelizing the LGBT community starts the same way all evangelization starts: with building relationships.Michelle Wolf and the Throwaway Culture | Bishop Robert Barron | When we live in the space beyond good and evil, and when morality is construed as entirely the invention of personal freedom--then the will of the most powerful necessarily holds sway.Making a diverse College of Cardinals work | George Weigel | There are obvious advantages to the internationalization of the College of Cardinals, but the lack of familiarity among the cardinals could cause serious problems at the next papal conclave.The case and death of Alfie Evans raises issues that must be addressed | Christopher R. Altieri | We want to be able to entrust our care and that of our loved ones to people who are not on the fence about whether life is a basic and irreducible good.Pope Francis "takes aim" in "Gaudete et Exsultate"--and misses? | Carl E. Olson | The many good qualities and substantive passages in Gaudete et Exsultate are often overshadowed, or even undermined, by straw men, dubious arguments, and cheap shots.The songs of Marie Bellet: Parables for the 21st century | David Cunningham Cassel | Marie sings her parable-songs, and through them we learn of her husband, her family, her friends, her Christian faith...and herself.Frank Sheed on Church Teachings | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | It is worth taking a look at what Sheed, the eloquent Australian publisher and philosopher, had to say on the topic of whether the teaching Church could err.Youth, liturgy, and the need for true worship | Rev. Peter M.J. Stravinskas | Liturgy--like the Faith it celebrates--never admits of an "erector-set" approach; good liturgy, true liturgy is received, not fabricated, and it takes seriously the human person in all his complexity of body and soul.Female ordination advocates ignore theological truth, focus on power | Nicholas Senz | Those who insist that women ought to be ordained as Catholic priests do not simply want to serve the Church--they want to change the Church. Unapologetic Apologist: Five lessons from St. Justin Martyr | Dr. Edward Feser | Our forebears in the Faith were much stronger than us morally and spiritually. Not for them the lax observance and flaccid sentimentality that characterize so much of contemporary Christianity.Revisiting the Letter to Families | Mo Woltering | Pope St. John Paul II's Letter to Families, which was first published in 1994, is a gem highly worth revisiting. This treatise on the family is packed with inspiring theology for families, and especially fathers.Ross Douthat on Francis' pontificate: "We live in interesting times as Catholics" | Paul Senz | The New York Times columnist and author of To Change the Church discusses his new book on the Pope, and what he hopes his liberal and secular readers will take away from it."The Face of Human Dignity in the Novels of Fiorella de Maria" | IP Novels | Humanum, a quarterly review from the John Paul II Institute, recently posted a perceptive review essay by Michalina Ratajczak of three novels by Fiorella De Maria.Schmemann and "liturgy outside liturgy" | Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille | "Tradition has said that liturgy has two purposes: the glorification of God and the sanctification of man," says Dr. David Fagerberg, author of a new book on the liturgical theology of the Orthodox theologian Fr. Alexander Schmemann. Avengers: Infinity War presents a villain for our times | Thomas P. Harmon | The latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is about its villain far more than about its heroes.The Vine, the Branches, and "Eternal Security" | Carl E. Olson | Several years ago I exchanged a couple of letters with a Fundamentalist pastor who had given a lengthy and openly anti-Catholic sermon at the largest Baptist church in the state of Oregon. Catholic mothers group hosts daughter of St. Gianna Beretta Molla | Fiorella Nash | The group was founded in 2015, in part, in response to a secular Facebook mothers' group where womanhood, motherhood, manhood and family life were constantly under attack and being redefined. IgnatiusInsight.com Place your order toll-free at 1-800-651-1531 Ignatius Press | San Francisco Web design under direction of Ignatius Press. Send your comments or web problems to: Copyright © 2018 by Ignatius Press IgnatiusInsight.com catholic blog books insight scoop weblog ignatius

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