by Editor | Jul 15, 2020 | Papacy
The Papacy Unites the Catholic Church by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Except for the Catholic Church, the very term “papacy” would not exist. It is not only that, in founding the Church, Christ told Peter “feed my lambs…feed my sheep” and “tend my sheep.” The Bishop of...
by Editor | Nov 30, 2019 | Conversion, Education, Evangelization, Evil, Faith and Reason, Papacy
On Pope John Paul II’s Tenth Anniversary A Meditation by Father John Hardon, S.J. The Holy Father Pope John Paul II celebrated the tenth anniversary [16 October 1988] of his pontificate last month. To mark the occasion, our contributing editor, Father John Hardon has...
by Editor | Aug 29, 2016 | Martyrdom, Papacy
Our Times: The Age of Martyrs by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Never in the history of the papacy has any Bishop of Rome written at greater length about martyrdom than Pope John Paul II. His encyclical The Gospel of Life devotes a thousand or more words to the call to...
by Editor | May 25, 2016 | Hierarchy, Papacy, Politics
A Catholic in the White House: The Protestant Fears of Bishop Pike by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The year 1960 promises to begin a new era in national thought on the subject of Church and State relations in America. Stimulated by their hopes or fears, writers in every...
by Editor | Sep 27, 2015 | Papacy
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. There are certain events in the Gospels that synthesize what a Catholic is supposed to be. These events are at once both mysteries and challenges. They are mysteries because, though revealed, we cannot fully understand them. That, by the...
