by Steve Skojec | Jul 12, 2014 | Catholic Stuff, Modernism
There’s no way to keep up with the furious pace of those seeking to change the Catholic faith from the inside out, and it’s gotten pretty exhausting trying. It’s like theological whack-a-mole. This is why, I think, it’s good to step back and...
by Steve Skojec | Jul 11, 2014 | Catholic Stuff, Pope Francis
Pope Francis, who will soon preach at a Pentecostal church in Rome — and plans to offer them “an apology from my church for the hurt it has brought to their congregation.” (No word on whether the Penetecostals will apologize for their propagation of...
by Steve Skojec | Jun 25, 2014 | Catholic Stuff
This morning, I got the bug up my nose to look up the contact info of the parish I mentioned in my post about proper reception of communion. I sat down with my coffee and wrote them a little note. This is what I said (the specific place info has been redacted): ...
by Steve Skojec | Jun 21, 2014 | Catholic Stuff
Toward morning the conversation turned on the Eucharist, which I, being the Catholic, was obviously supposed to defend. Mrs. Broadwater said when she was a child and received the Host, she thought of it as the Holy Ghost, He being the ‘most portable’ person of the...
by Steve Skojec | Jun 17, 2014 | Catholic Stuff
I recently had cause to attend a mass celebrated according to the “ordinary form”. I was in the first pew — a rarity for me, since I’m typically wrestling small children in the narthex — and so I had a literal front-row seat to witness...
by Steve Skojec | Jun 11, 2014 | Catholic Stuff
Due to other commitments, blogging will be sparse here for the next few days, but I wanted to draw attention to a situation which is unfolding in New York that just tears me up. The aptly named Holy Innocents parish in Manhattan is under threat of closure from the...