VIDEO: Stephen P. White on Red, White, Blue, and Catholic

White illustrates the importance of the Gospel during Lent and the division in the Catholic Church that can only be fixed by living and preaching the Gospel.

Stephen White celebrates the coming of Lent and spiritual renewal with traditional Lenten practices such as reading and copying the Gospels.

Nowhere is the individualist strain in American Catholicism more manifest than in the ubiquitous belief that reception of the Holy Eucharist is a private matter rather than a fundamentally ecclesial reality.

Evaluating the Church’s record in handling the abuse crisis means making reasonable comparisons to other institutions grappling with the same scourge of abuse.