By Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, Bishop Emeritus, Pillars of Faith – We are watching Catholicism increasingly presented not as the narrow road to salvation, but as a vague humanitarian project designed to offend no one. And this confusion reaches even deeper… Many Catholics no longer hear about: Judgment, Hell, Sacrifice, Penance, Chastity, Mortification, The necessity of confession, The reality of spiritual warfare, Or the eternal consequences of sin… Instead, too often they hear a gospel of perpetual affirmation. But a gospel without repentance is not the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Our Lord did not say, “Remain as you are.” He said: “Go, and now sin no more.”  

By Joseph Pearce, Crisis Magazine – If the Church is to continue to transform and humanize the world, how can she dispense with beauty in her liturgies, that beauty which is so closely linked with love and with the radiance of the Resurrection?  ~Cardinal Ratzinger… This question, asked by the future Pope Benedict XVI, is purely rhetorical. The answer is that the Church cannot continue to transform and humanize the world if she dispenses with the beauty of the liturgy. “Without this,” Cardinal Ratzinger continued, “the world will become the first circle of hell.” …

By Bishop Louis Tylka, National Catholic Register – Archbishop Fulton Sheen offered 4 million listeners (a week) around the world much-needed truth on the radio with The Catholic Hour. The now-Venerable Fulton Sheen is revered as one of the most effective evangelists for Jesus Christ… Very soon, he could become the first American native-born bishop to be canonized a saint… As bishop of the Diocese of Peoria, where Fulton Sheen was born, ordained a priest, and first answered God’s call, I know how gravely the world needs Fulton Sheen’s legacy: clarity in confusion, hope in anxiety, truth spoken with love, and a reminder that life is worth living because it is rooted in Christ.

By Fr. Gerald E. Murray, The Catholic Thing – The Synod office has decided that it is necessary to publish the claim of a lobbyist for the homosexual lifestyle that the Catholic Church has harmed people with the “hateful arrows of homophobia.” Is this claim an example of the “sense of faith of the faithful”? Or a repudiation of the Faith of Christ on behalf of immorality?… This Vatican-sponsored destructive subversion must come to an end now. Souls are endangered by the scandalous false teachings being propagated by the Synod. Pope Leo needs to strengthen the brethren in the Faith by putting an end to this poisonous betrayal of God’s truth.

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word – John 15:18-21 – 18 “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you, `A servant is not greater than his master.’ …

Bellarmine Forum – GREGORY was born of saintly parents, and was the chosen friend of St. Basil. They studied together at Athens, turned at the same time from the fairest worldly prospects, and for some years lived together in seclusion, self-discipline, and toil. Gregory was raised, almost by force, to the priesthood; and was in time made Bishop of Nazianzum by St. Basil, who had become Archbishop of Cæsarea.

By Mark Haas, Catholic Exchange – Amid a world ripe with uncertainty, fear, and sorrow, the Catholic Church stands as a loving and consoling mother, guiding her children toward the eternal embrace of Jesus Christ in heaven. The Catholic Church describes herself as a she. She is not merely an institution or an assembly of believers—she is a living, breathing organism: the Bride of Christ. She is our spiritual Mother, nurturing us along our journey toward heaven.

By Richard K. Vedder, The American Spectator – Not only has DEI lowered productivity and thereby the standard of living, but the Star Chamber-like behavior of some DEI administrators of campus and probably corporate dealings with managers, unquestionably, sometimes led to fear, intimidation, self-censorship, and a decline in true freedom of speech and expression. The recent attacks on the academy by governments, wealthy donors, and others are at least partly justified by what economists call the “negative externalities” associated with the growth of DEI practices that originated largely on college campuses before spreading to corporate America.

By Chris Jackson, Hiraeth In Exile, Substack – Rome can tolerate ambiguity on sin, bishops who undermine marriage, synodal reports that place divine revelation under pastoral review, and German defiance. It can tolerate obscene slogans in the shadow of St. Peter’s. It can tolerate almost anything… But let Tradition secure bishops for survival, and suddenly everyone remembers law, unity, obedience, hierarchy, and wounds to the Mystical Body… How convenient. …

By Craig Bannister, MRC TV – On Wednesday, the Supreme Court denied a last-ditch effort to stop Louisiana from immediately complying with the High Court’s ruling requiring redistricting to erase the state’s race-based map, setting the stage for the redistricting effort to begin on Friday… “A Louisiana legislative committee that oversees redistricting will meet Friday to hear public comments on a new congressional district map after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week to overturn the existing version,” Louisiana Illuminator reported Monday, citing State Senator Caleb Kleinpeter (R-Port Allen) …

By Kennedy Hall, Crisis Magazine – The word “prudent” gets thrown around a lot, and it is often misused. Recently, a friend posed a question to me about the prudence of the forthcoming SSPX consecrations, and it was not the first time I had been asked. There are, of course, many people who are sympathetic to the Society of St. Pius X to varying degrees. The consecration of bishops without papal approval, however, is something that troubles many consciences, for obvious reasons.

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word – John 15:12-17 – 12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. …

By Justin Logan and Sumantra Maitra, The Federalist – President Trump is right to withdraw troops from Germany and from Europe. Neocon Republicans and Democrats are wrong. There is already a template for a rapid withdrawal from Europe: the one that took place after the end of the Cold War — incidentally, also the last era when the U.S. had a balanced budget. Our only criticism is that Trump’s current withdrawal numbers don’t go far enough. (In fairness, the president promised on Saturday that he is “going to cut way down. And we’re cutting a lot further than 5,000.”)

By Elise Winland, Zeale News – Secretary of State Marco Rubio met privately with Pope Leo XIV and other Vatican officials May 7 to discuss the Middle East, the Western Hemisphere, and the need to promote peace and human dignity, according to statements from the Vatican and U.S. officials… The discussions reaffirmed the “shared commitment to fostering good bilateral relations between the Holy See and the United States of America,” according to a translation of the Vatican statement. …

By Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Contributor, The Daily Signal – Gerrymandering, or the protocol where states allot congressional seats by population, is in the news recently, and some states do it transparently politically, depending on the makeup of their state legislatures. Others go through the operation, sometimes genuine, sometimes not so much, of having a nonpartisan body redistrict… Now we’re in a gerrymandering war where some of the states are trying to redistrict and improve either the Democratic or Republican turnout. …