The Psychological Makeup of the Catholic Liberal

New book recounts Jesuit formation, missionary work during The Sixties By Paul Senz on Mar 20, 2025 08:35 pm The history of the Church is replete with spiritual autobiographies, many of them written by saints, and many more written by priests, religious, and laity who have not been raised to the altars. Many Catholics [...] Read in browser » Pondering the progressive Catholic media meltdown By Matthew R. Petrusek, Ph.D. on Mar 20, 2025 11:40 am TDS, or Trump Derangement Syndrome, has become a popular way of explaining why progressives, who presumably want to gain and retain power, exhibit inexplicable behavior like disproportionately temperamental, negative, knee-jerk responses to actions and policies [...] Read in browser » God, beer, and evangelization by the pint: The story of Tridentine Brewing By Julian Kwasniewski on Mar 19, 2025 09:00 pm Father and sons team Jeff, Trevor, and Cameron Alcorn have been brewing beer in their basement for fun for over a decade. But, in late 2024, three of their brews appeared on grocery store shelves [...] Read in browser » What is the Catholic Church’s newly announced 2028 ‘ecclesial assembly’? By Catholic News Agency on Mar 19, 2025 03:15 pm Pope Francis prays during the Synod on Synodality closing Mass on Oct. 27, 2024, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Mar 19, 2025 / 14:15 pm (CNA). The Vatican announced on Saturday its latest plans for... [...] Read in browser » Lent, evil, and Saint Michael the Archangel By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Mar 19, 2025 05:00 am Our Lenten focus on conversion and the old Confiteor takes us this week to “blessed Michael, the Archangel.” The Bible speaks of three Archangels: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. Michael is always prominently featured as at [...] Read in browser » The Doctrinal Implications of Amoris Laetitia’s Chapter Eight By E. Christian Brugger on Mar 19, 2025 03:30 am Editor’s note: March 19th marks the ninth anniversary of Amoris laetitia (it was released on April 8, 2016), Pope Francis’s post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the pastoral care of families. Since that time, CWR has published [...] Read in browser » Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, March 19, 2025 By CWR Staff on Mar 19, 2025 03:00 am Three More Years of Synodal Stuff – “Spare us, Lord, from three more years of the Synod on Synodality.” St. Patrick, meet the Synod on Synodality (Catholic Culture) Progressive Totalitarianism – “… the constraints and [...] Read in browser » World Down Syndrome Day and the fight for love and life By Susan Ciancio on Mar 18, 2025 06:36 pm March 21, 2012, was the first World Down Syndrome Day. This day reminds the world how precious and special are those with Down syndrome and how we must be their voice so that they can [...] Read in browser » St. Joseph and the vocation of consecrated laymen By Jeremiah Barker on Mar 18, 2025 06:30 pm Why be a consecrated layman, and not a priest? I am, after all, ‘available’ for the priesthood. I’m not married. Why not go ‘all the way,’ and seek ordination? As a layman in the life [...] Read in browser » Abducted seminarian murdered in Nigeria; priest released after 10 days in captivity By Catholic News Agency on Mar 18, 2025 11:00 am Andrew Peter (left), a seminarian, and Father Philip Ekweli (right) were abducted March 3, 2025, from a parish rectory in Nigeria’s Docese of Auchi. Andrew Peter was murdred, though Ekweli was released and is receiving medical attention. / Credi... [...] Read in browser » Rights, Catholic Principles, and Prudence By Dr. Randall B. Smith on Mar 17, 2025 07:46 pm When we have political disputes in the country, one way of trying to help clarify matters would be to remind the interlocutors of the relevant moral principles that should govern their disagreement. Murdering innocent people [...] Read in browser » How a “hermeneutic of suspicion” can help the Church today By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Mar 17, 2025 04:53 pm The term “hermeneutic”, like “consubstantial” and “immaculate”, proves that Catholics are good with polysyllabic words. A “hermeneutic” is a principle of interpretation or approach to understanding. “Hermeneutic” became common in Church circles during Benedict XVI’s [...] Read in browser » The history of the “other St. Patrick’s Cathedral” By Father Seán Connolly on Mar 17, 2025 04:00 am For most American Catholics, the name “St. Patrick’s Cathedral” conjures up an image of the neo-Gothic church with its twin spires on New York City’s Fifth Avenue—a cathedral now dwarfed by the skyscrapers of glass [...] Read in browser » Vatican announces plans for 2028 Church post-synodal assembly By Catholic News Agency on Mar 16, 2025 04:15 pm Pope Francis addresses bishops gathered in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican for the Synod on Synodality closing Mass on Oct. 27, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Newsroom, Mar 15, 2025 / 10:15 am (CNA). The Vatican announced Tuesday that Po... [...] Read in browser » The story of two Irish American city boys and an urban Catholic parish By Dr. Christopher Shannon on Mar 16, 2025 04:00 pm It is March. St. Patrick’s Day season is upon us. Americans of all and no ethnic traditions will be subject to a full-scale assault by every imaginable weapon of fake Irish culture: from Shamrock Shakes [...] Read in browser » Digging deep beneath the surface of motherhood By Monica Seeley on Mar 15, 2025 09:11 pm I purchased a copy of Soul Garden, A Catholic Mother’s Collective, when it was first published by Ignatius Press in November. Soon after, I couldn’t resist giving my copy away to a new mom. When [...] Read in browser » From Temptation to Transfiguration By Carl E. Olson on Mar 15, 2025 02:00 pm Readings: • Gn 15:5-12, 17-18 • Ps 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14 • Phil 3:17—4:1 • Lk 9:28b-36 What a difference a week makes! From temptation in the desert to Transfiguration on the mount; from supernatural [...] Read in browser » The Psychological Makeup of the Catholic Liberal By Dr. Gavin Ashenden on Mar 14, 2025 11:16 pm History has brought us to a crossroads in the life of the Catholic Church. As one papacy ends and the prayers and the collective mind of the Church give more thought to what the right [...] Read in browser » Archbishop Sample rebukes ‘celebration of death’ as Oregon governor honors abortionists By Catholic News Agency on Mar 14, 2025 08:10 pm Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland, Oregon, processes out of the Church of Our Lady of Providence after Mass during a Rise Up Encounter of World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, on Aug. 4, 2023. / Credit: Giulio Capece/EWTN News Washington, ... [...] Read in browser » Peruvian bishop denounces ‘direct attack’ on Church’s freedom of speech By Catholic News Agency on Mar 14, 2025 11:00 am Bishop Isaac Martínez Chuquizana leads the diocese of Cajamarca, Peru. / Credit: Peruvian Bishops Conference. Lima Newsroom, Mar 14, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The bishop of Cajamarca, Peru, has denounced a “direct attack” on the Catholic Church’s ... [...] Read in browser »