Archbishop Chaput Archive
Two American bishops, Charles Chaput of Philadelphia and James Conley of Lincoln, are getting high praise for letters they sent to their clergy clarifying norms for the reception of Holy Communion in their respective dioceses. Specifically, both men reaffirmed the immemorial practice of …
From October 18th – 20th, University of Notre Dame hosted a Symposium convened under the theme: “Reclaiming the Church for the Catholic Imagination” (whatever in the Hell that’s supposed to mean). The USCCB Committee on Doctrine co-sponsored the event, which may explain why …
Emails recently released by Wikileaks reveal that Democrat Party leaders had a hand in creating the uber-liberal activist groups Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good (CACG) and Catholics United (CU) in order to ignite a “Catholic Spring.” The emails, allegedly written and …
On May 27, 2015, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, who is widely considered to be among the cream of the crop of so-called “conservative bishops” in the United States (and likely a future cardinal), delivered an address at the annual convocation of priests in …
We see it often: A noteworthy person dies; a community grieves; family members, acquaintances and admirers reminisce, and a legacy emerges. In the process, almost inevitably, it seems, history is rewritten. Particularly in the short term, mourners and media members alike are prone …
From the when it rains it pours file… On March 17, 2015, the same day His Embarrassment Timothy Cardinal Dolan marched with the gays in New York, Archbishop Americus Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia delivered an address at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary commemorating …
R.R. Reno, Editor at First Things recently penned a blog post, Duck and Cover Catholicism, reacting to the Indiana bishops’ weak-kneed statement on their state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act. About the statement, Reno said: As I expected, the leaders of the Catholic Church …
The Church’s doctrine on Capital Punishment has been a hot topic this past week thanks to a joint statement issued by National Catholic Reporter, America Magazine, Our Sunday Visitor, and National Catholic Register calling on the Supreme Court of the United States to …
