Tag: Church

The Church as a Poet

The Church is a poet, in the strict sense, since through the Spirit she makes poems, that is, beautiful, created objects.  Her sacraments and liturgical year are poems: they have meaning and even tell a story.  Likewise, each parish church is a…

The Church of What’s Happening Now

In his address to the U.S. bishops at their annual meeting in Baltimore last week, Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the papal nuncio to the United States, argued – nearly to the point of obsession – that Vatican II has to be regarded as the guide to…

Abortion and the Greatness of the Church

I was recently asked, again: “Why is the Catholic Church so focused on abortion?” At least this time, it was asked out of curiosity rather than with anger. I can’t imagine how such questioners perceive the Church. Do they think she is the…