Catholic Church

By Hans Boersma, First Things - ...COVID-19. We all long to be healed—or to avoid catching the virus. We anxiously seek measures to hang on to life. Sickness is the problem, vaccination the blessing. True, vaccination has saved many lives. But am I wrong in thinking that we have come to view sickness (and death) as the ultimate problem, and vaccination (and physical healing) as the ultimate solution?... Obsessive cultural fear of physical suffering and death has blinded and immobilized us, like prisoners staring at the end of the cave.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews - The Catholic bishops have voted 222-8 to adopt a new document on Communion that calls on Catholic politicians to base their political views on “the Church’s faith and moral law.” The new document stopped short of saying whether pro-abortion politicians like Joe Biden should be denied communion... The document, the “The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church,” emphasized the “special responsibility” of Catholic elected officials to follow Church teachings.

By Philip Kosloski, Aleteia - The American missionary was led by a deep devotion to Jesus in the Eucharist... St. Rose Philippine Duchesne was drawn to religious life at an early age. After hearing a Jesuit speak about missionary work in the New World when she was 8 years old, Philippine already felt a desire to evangelize the Americas.