Do you know what is the nature of the Church? You might come up with various answers, but when the Church asks who are we at our very nature, it responds--missionary.1 Evangelization is at the core of who we are as Church--to go out! Orthodoxy is necessary for evangelization to occur. Without it, one ...
In an earlier post, I discussed the definational meaning of orthodox. In subsequent articles, I hope to lay out some of the guiding principles that define Catholic orthodoxy. The first being, how we understand and read the Second Vatican Council. (How did it become referred to as the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II anyway? I think it would have ...
There are many in the Church who would use terms such as liberal Catholics or conservative Catholics. But for me, these terms are not helpful. What I want and hope to be is in line with the Church-- to be orthodox. Orthodox means right thinking, to have the heart and mind of the Church. Orthodox is a ...