Bishop Robert Barron, Author at Integrated Catholic Life™

Paul VI, Prophet

Posted by Bishop Robert Barron | Dec 6, 2017 | Regular Feature |

This coming July, we will mark the 50th anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s deeply controversial encyclical letter Humanae vitae. I won’t bore you with the details of the innumerable battles, disagreements, and ecclesial crises that...

Black Elk and the Need for Catechists

Posted by Bishop Robert Barron | Nov 27, 2017 | Regular Feature |

I write these words as the annual November meeting of the United States bishops comes to a close. We bishops discussed many significant matters—from racism and immigration to the liturgy for the baptism of children. But I would...

The Least Religious Generation in U.S. History

Posted by Bishop Robert Barron | Oct 30, 2017 | Regular Feature |

A REFLECTION ON JEAN TWENGE’S “IGEN” Jean Twenge’s book iGen is one of the most fascinating—and...

What is Happening at Mass?

Posted by Bishop Robert Barron | Oct 16, 2017 | Liturgy & Sacraments, Regular Feature, The Catholic Faith Explained |

As many Catholics know, the Second Vatican Council famously referred to the liturgy as the “source and summit of the Christian life.” And following the prompts of the great figures of the liturgical movement in the first half of...