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.
Certainly, it is difficult to make the demands of the Gospel understandable to secularized people. But this pastoral difficulty must not lead to compromises with the truth.
That Christianity gives joy and breadth is also a thread that runs through my whole life. Ultimately someone who is always only in opposition could not endure life at all.
In the name of tolerance, tolerance is being abolished; this is a real threat we face.
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.
"I am not a machine! I bleed red", SyrianGirl Maram Susli tells us after being accused of being a Russian bot by U.K. media.
They don't even try to put some thought into their lies anymore.
In "Coming Clean About My Latin Problem", Steke Skojec presents the travails of attending Mass which is celebrated in Latin when one does not understand the language.
Distinctions Matter
Distinctions Matter Forward
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