THE VOICE OF GOD ON EARTH
“You are not judging by God’s standards but by man’s.” –Matthew 16:23 As we write this, the Catholic Church, led by St. Peter’s successor Pope Francis, often seems like a lone voice crying out in the wilderness of the culture of death (see Mt 3:1ff). The Catholic Church has consistently spoken out against the use of contraception, defends marriage as occurring between one man and one woman, defends the poorest of the poor, condemns abortion as murder, and stands against capital punishment and for social justice. Many teachings of the Catholic Church are attacked by the world. In the USA,...