Christopher Nowak

Note on Financial Reform Not What Press Claims

The international press has seized on a few provisions from the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace's latest white paper: a Note on Financial Reform. The call for a supranational authority to regulate the international market...

Calgary bishop suspends Latin Mass

It was truly a black Friday in Calgary, as Bishop Frederick Bernard Henry suspended the Extraordinary Form of the Mass in at least two of the locations staffed by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP). The Bishop, as...

Swine flu and Communion

In the midst of the H1N1 (aka Swine Flu) commotion there has been an outbreak of well meant, but controversial pronouncements by bishops and pastors to do their part in helping prevent the spread of this infamous disease. These instructions...

The ending of the schisms?

Photo Credit: Ana Ulin Recently the Catholic Archbishop of Moscow, Archbishop Paolo Pezzi, commented in Corriere Della Sera (English) that unity between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches “could happen soon, within a few months”. While this...

The Vatican and the SSPX: the discussion begins

Vatican II, Photo credit: SaintRaphael.org The talks between the Vatican and the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) are finally set to begin in the middle of next month. These long awaited talks are most likely the final...

Catholic Education and Homeschooling

Photo credit: pwbaker via Flickr “The common approach to homeschooling today is inherently dangerous, because it may go against what our entire Western tradition and the Catholic Church herself teach about the education of the young – that...

Catholic social teaching 101: what is CST?

Photo credit: thisRobot via Flickr Abortion. Healthcare. War. Welfare. With so many issues in the political spectrum that have profound moral implications, how are Catholics to choose who and what proposals to support? Catholic social teaching...

The American Catholic Schism?

Photo Credit: valeriebb via Flickr There has been a debate in the Catholic Church over the last thirty or forty years over whether or not there is a de facto schism in America. A considerable number of Catholics deny...

Needless devotion & necessary respect

Photo Credit: andycoan via Flickr Fr. McBrien's comments have caused a great deal of outrage among reasonable Catholics, whether they normally agree with him or not. This outrage is certainly justified, particularly as these words come from...

Can Catholics support Obama's healthcare proposal?

Michaelangelo President Obama unveiled the Democrat's proposal for healthcare tonight. Some of his proposals (no pre-existing condition, no cap, limited deductibles) will drastically increase premiums. Others will indeed be extremely helpful (the insurance exchange). Others...

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