Purify Your Bride

Ken brought up Catholic nominalism. I had posted a few thoughts on declining mass attendence a while back. There is a good post by SDG on the same topic. Don’t have time to write anything now but I do find this topic interesting. They say the number one argument against Catholicism is Catholics. I believe it. I [...]

A while back I read a quote from Abp Chaput:
You know, there’s a reason why “spirituality” is so popular in the United States today and religion is so criticized. Private spirituality can be quite satisfying. But it can also become a designer experience. In fact, the word spirituality can mean just about anything a person wants [...]

More Ken Temple from below. His words are in green. Mine are in purple.:
The rope and canyon are illustrations of what Trent says.
I know that. It was a joke. The point was this is not exactly what the Catholic church says but what some antiCatholic claims the church says. That is an important distinction. They [...]