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Some people are confused about this! Here’s what’s going on. Cardinal Francis Arinze is a beloved prince of the Church, respected very highly around the world. He’s well-known to be an intelligent, articulate, even humorous defender of orthodoxy. Which is why people were a bit surprised to...
It is not my job as a pastor to protect my flock from having to make hard decisions. We have gotten this mistaken notion in parishes that we must maneuver around every secular activity and only verify that matters of faith are wholly secondary to anything else… We accommodate, dumb...
This is a bit unexpected. There is a major pro-life film in production right now about the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, in which the court ruled most legal restrictions on abortion to be unconstitutional. Starring famous actors Jon Voight (Mission Impossible), Stacey Dash (Clueless), and...
Lord, have mercy. Bishop Silvio José Báez, auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Managua, Nicaragua was attacked by a mob while defending the Basilica of San Sebastián in Diriamba. He posted his harrowing story on Twitter along with pictures of his bloodied wounds. According to Vatican News, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes...
Being a good pastor is like being a good parent. Like a good parent, a good pastor has to watch out for the good of those placed in his care. He is there in their joys. He is there in their sorrows. Like a good parent, he has to be...
Hell is a real place. You don’t want to go there! All of us will eventually die and face judgement before God. If we die in Christ, we’ll go to heaven (with perhaps a temporary period of cleansing in Purgatory first). If we die in mortal or Original...
