It is sad that there are what you might call professional Catholics who make a living on their Catholicism, but in whom the spring of faith flows only faintly, in a few scattered drops. We must really make an effort to change this.
To live without faith, without a patrimony to defend, without a steady struggle for truth – that is not living, but existing.
The Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian life."
No one is forced to be a Christian. But no one should be forced to live according to the "new religion" as though it alone were definitive and obligatory for all mankind.
Certainly, it is difficult to make the demands of the Gospel understandable to secularized people. But this pastoral difficulty must not lead to compromises with the truth.
With public money going to fund university employees like this woman, which souls black as night, it's very evident the society they serve is not heading in an upward trajectory.
If Hans Küng is happy with the hierarchy of the Church, then the hierarchy of the Church cannot be up to any good. I was, however, impressed that we have at least one bishop in the U.K.
Distinctions Matter
Distinctions Matter Forward
Missale Romanum
Pre-1951 Calendar