It is sad that there are what you might call professional Catholics who make a living on their Catholicism, but in whom the spring of faith flows only faintly, in a few scattered drops. We must really make an effort to change this.
A civilization inspired by a consumerist, anti-birth mentality is not and cannot ever be a civilization of love.
Evil too, will always be part of the mystery of the Church. And when we see what men, what the clergy have done in the Church, then that is nothing short of proof that he [Christ] founded and upholds the Church. If she were dependent on men, she would long since have perished.
Those who with God's help have welcomed Christ's call and freely responded to it are urged on by love of Christ to proclaim the Good News everywhere in the world.
One can readily admit that the Magisterium's manner of expression does not seem very easy to understand at times. It needs to be translated by preachers and catechists into a language which relates to people and to their respective cultural environments. The essential content of the Church's teaching, however, must be upheld in this process. It must not be watered down on allegedly pastoral grounds, because it communicates the revealed truth.
A very good piece on the actions of the U.S. in the Ukrainian crisis asking whether the masters are incompetent. The simple answer to his question would appear to be a resounding "yes!"
Interesting take by Janet Baker on the need to address the killing of unborn children through a hollistic presentation of the Christian faith. I do not have enough knowledge on the particulars to comment on them, but I agree with her that authentic traditional Catholicism is the solution for all of society's ills - regardless of the society in question.
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