Free Republic

The primary duty of charity does not lie in the toleration of false ideas.” ~Pope Saint Pius X The above quote and those following are taken from the outstanding document, Notre Charge Apostolique, or Our Apostolic Mandate which Pope Saint Pius X issued to the French episcopate on August 25, 1910 to refute the errors of a pseudo-Catholic French political movement known as “The Sillon”. A syncretist mass political movement started by French Catholics, it is perhaps unsurprising that the Sillon soon adopted socialist/humanistic tones and goals. Pius X recognized the dangers inherent in such a movement, which threatened to...

The Rev. C. John McCloskey thinks he knows where the Roman Catholic Church is headed. His 10-page account of what life will be like for American Catholics in 2030, while playful in parts, is meant seriously. He imagines a church that has reemphasized its traditional teachings. Helped -- not hurt -- by sexual abuse scandals, it has restored a truly celibate priesthood. Pope John Paul II has become Saint John Paul for leading this renewal. But the church has shed a third of its U.S. members. Today, as American Catholics face a deepening legal, financial and moral crisis over sexual...