When catechesis challenges us, do we really want better catechesis in the Church, or do we prefer to call for silence and submission to our opinions?
Catholics have spent decades blaming poor catechesis for the crisis in the Church. There's some truth to that. But what happens when clear Catholic teaching challenges those same Catholics to re-think what they believe is true about Catholicism, the Church, or the history of Theology behind Catholic teaching?
Too often, the response is hostility. The teaching is dismissed, the source is disqualified, quotations are stripped from their context, and personal opinion is treated as though it carries the authority of Sacred Tradition.
This episode examines that contradiction through the controversy surrounding the SSPX and the consecration of bishops without papal approval. It also addresses distorted claims about the Novus Ordo, liturgical abuse, papal authority, and the selective use of saints such as Robert Bellarmine to justify resistance to the Church.
Behind these arguments is a deeper problem: many Catholics are losing the ability to recognize Truth when it contradicts their preferences. They say they want better catechesis—but do they really want to be taught, or only to have their existing conclusions confirmed?
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