DO CATHOLICS WANT A MORE INCLUSIVE CHURCH? - Catholic League

"Today, the Church has the mission to save the human being from this brutal reduction and the Social doctrine of the Church, with its centrality in the principle of human dignity, has this particular capacity," said the patriarch, in an IDL-Amaro Institute of Costa. "The four interdependent and always-considered principles that are based on the social doctrine of the Church are the dignity of the human person, the common good, the subsidiarity a…

DO CATHOLICS WANT A MORE INCLUSIVE CHURCH? - Catholic League

Bill Donohue A recent Pew Research Center survey of Catholics concluded that they want the Catholic Church to be “more inclusive.” But do they? No sooner are we told that “Most U.S. Catholics Say They Want the Church to be ‘More Inclusive’” when we learn how seriously qualified that conclusion is. What matters is whether [...]

Will Black people find a home in the Catholic Church?

I recently visited a Greek Orthodox monastery in Quebec, and I returned nostalgic for my ancestral home.While visiting the monastery, I had an ambivalent feeling: one of deep admiration for the sacredness of Christianity, yet also of quiet frustration at how it systemically excludes what identifies me as a Black person who happens to be a Catholic priest. By the end of the visit, I was left with the lingering sense that our Christian identity is…