Ralph Martin

President of Renewal Ministries

Ralph Martin is the president of Renewal Ministries and the host of the weekly Catholic television program The Choices We Face. He holds a doctorate in theology and has just completed twenty-three years as the director of Graduate Theology Programs in the New Evangelization at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Detroit. Ralph is the author of A Life in the Spirit: A Memoir and the widely read A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward and The Fulfillment of All Desire: A Guidebook for the Journey to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints.

Ralph and his wife, Anne, reside in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and have six children and nineteen grandchildren.

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The Gift of Peter: Reflections on the Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI by Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Feb 22, 2013 | Uncategorized

Lord, To Whom Shall We Go? by Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan On Monday, February 11, the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, news arrived from Rome that that has not been heard since decades before Columbus sailed for the new world: The Holy Father had renounced his office,...

Comments by Dr. Ralph Martin on Fr. Robert Barron’s Review of Will Many Be Saved?

by Ralph Martin | Dec 7, 2012 | Uncategorized

Quite a few people have asked for my comments on Fr. Barron’s column on my book, Will Many Be Saved? What Vatican II Actually Teaches and Its Implications for the New Evangelization. I have shared these comments directly with Fr. Barron and we have agreed to discuss...

Some Reflections on the Election Results

by Ralph Martin | Dec 5, 2012 | Ralph Martin

We've had a little time now to absorb the American election results and I know many of us are disappointed and tempted to discouragement. I know many of us tried to follow our Bishops' guidance and recognize that we can never vote to promote intrinsic evils such as...

Intervention at the Synod from Auditor Dcn. Zoltán Kunszabó, Hungary

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Nov 29, 2012 | Uncategorized

Holy Father, Venerated Synod Fathers, Dear Brothers and Sisters, My comments are based on twenty years of mission experience. The highlight of this work was the Budapest City Mission in 2007, when answering the call of our Cardinal Péter Erdő, the entire archdiocese...

Final Update from the Synod in Rome

by Ralph Martin | Nov 3, 2012 | Ralph Martin

The Synod ended yesterday with a beautiful closing Liturgy in St. Peter's Basilica that Pope Benedict XVI presided over. I was asked to announce the Glorious Mysteries of the rosary, in English, as the rosary was recited before Mass began, and do the first reading at...

Ralph’s First News Report from the Rome Synod

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Oct 24, 2012 | Ralph Martin

Dear Friends in Christ, We're just completing the second full week of the Synod - it began on October 7 and ends on October 28. I thought I'd have time to offer more frequent updates, but that hasn't been the case. First of all, what is a Synod? A Synod is a gathering...

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