Our Viewpoint
The goal of the St. Michael Question & Answer Forum
is to provide authentic, orthodox, and accurate information on Church teaching for
the topics discussed. Hosts chosen to participate in the forum are chosen because
they are loyal and obedient to the Pope and Magisterium of the Church and are
absolutely committed to this goal.
With this commitment to fidelity to the Chruch we seek to express only
“official” teachings on subjects for which an “official”
teaching exists — submitting all personal opinions to that
“official” teaching.
In other areas, where latitude of opinion is allowed, every attempt is made to offer
opinions that are in full accord with the general spiritual principles, teachings, and
wisdom of the Church, Sacred Scriptures, and Sacred Tradition.
To give an example of the source material and our point-of-view, answers
to questions are researched from such sources as the Catechism, Documents of
Ecumenical Councils, Code of Canon Law, official Curia documents, writings of the
Early Church Fathers, and the writings of the Popes. We look to any Saint who may
be helpful in answering a question, but focus primarily on Sts. Thomas Aquinas,
Augustine, Benedict, Monfort, Francis, Ignatius Loyola, Francis deSales, John of
the Cross, Teresa of Avila, Alphonus Ligouri, Maximillian Kolbe, etc.
Other resource material includes the 1917 Edition of the Catholic
Encyclopedia, the Father Stravinskas' Catholic Encyclopedia, the
Catholic Almanac, Anne Carroll's Christ the King, Lord of History,
Father John Laux's books including Church History, Frank Sheed's
Catholic Evidence Training Outlines, and similar reference books.
On information about Marian Apparitions, our policy is to support only those
apparitions that have been approved by the Church or a local bishop. The source
of information in determining the approval status of a paricular apparition will be
determined by the Apparitions
of Jesus and Mary Web Site, unless one of our experts has personal knowledge
of approval not yet reported on the referred site.
Other writers and thinkers we rely upon include Deitrich von Hildebrand, G.K.
Chesteron, Father John Hardon, S.J., Father Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R., Father
Thomas Dubay, S.M., Father Mitch Pacwa, S.J., Scott Hahn, Ph.D., Peter Kreeft,
Ph.D., and, in general, the “Mother Angelica/EWTN” crowd and other
sources such as Fathers Rumble and Carty's Radio Replies, and any other
source that is orthodox and loyal to the Magisterium.
We use as research sources various Internet sites such as the
Vatican Website,
EWTN Website,
Catholic Answers,
Catholic Information Network,
Catholic Culture (formerly
Petersnet),
Biblical Evidence for Catholicism.
