EXCLUSIVE: Bishop Robert Barron said he has been urging Catholics on the left to stop the “demonization” of the Trump administration, even when it comes to highly contentious issues such as immigration and border security. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Barron, arguably the most prominent Catholic prelate in America, said that despite criticism […]
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BISHOP ROBERT BARRON: Even Judas? Rethinking sin, despair and divine mercy this Palm Sunday
Every year on Palm Sunday, we read, in the Catholic liturgy, one of the great Passion narratives from the Synoptic Gospels. This year, it is St. Matthew’s. There are a number of distinctive features in Matthew’s account, but the most distinctive and interesting, for me, is the evangelist’s treatment of Judas. No other Gospel stresses […]
BISHOP ROBERT BARRON: The dangers behind Sen Kaine’s rejection of God-given rights as a founding principle
During a recent confirmation hearing for the U.S. Senate, Tim Kaine, a Democratic senator from Virginia, actively contested the view that our rights come from God. “The statement that our rights do not come from our laws or our government is extremely troubling,” Kaine said, comparing the notion that rights “come from the creator” to […]