'For many in today’s age of aggressive secularism, the idea that religion could be a potent force for social stability and personal happiness is an offensive one.'
The common phrase we kept hearing that week in Rome is that there is a 'war' going on in the Church – a war of the progressives against the orthodox Catholics.
Conjugal fidelity is the best rampart against sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS; the conjugal union should be open to life, to which must be added respect for the life of others.
One excerpt: NY Times' Douthat - Who won the Synod? …nobody won, because really everybody won. ...conservatives won what was probably the closest thing to victory that they could have hoped for
I am deeply disturbed by Cardinal Nichols' criticism of the 461 brave priests who signed a letter upholding the unchangeable teachings of the Catholic Church on marriage and Holy Communion.