Catholic Church

By Samuel McCarthy, Church Militant - The Vatican is expanding special graces for Catholics — both living and dead... Throughout the entire month of November, plenary indulgences may be obtained by visiting a cemetery and praying for the deceased, according to a decree issued last week by the Apostolic Penitentiary...

By Lauretta Brown, EWTN News - During their virtual meeting in June, the bishops voted to draft a teaching document on the Eucharist with a section on worthiness to receive Holy Communion. A heated debate preceded the vote when a vocal minority of bishops pushed back against drafting the document with concerns that it would be interpreted politically as a move against President Joe Biden, who is pro-abortion and a baptized Catholic.

Rev. Peter M.J. Stravinskas, The Catholic Thing - It’s more than a providential coincidence that the Church observes both All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day as fall turns into winter in this hemisphere and signs of death in nature serve as powerful reminders of our frailty and mortality, but also of the destiny of the saints in eternal glory... In recent years, a great deal has been written on the topic of death and dying, much of it simply perpetuating modern man’s inability to cope with suffering and death.

By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Catholic Culture - 1) What does the Church teach on the morality of abortion? The Second Vatican Council reinforces the gravity of the sin: “...from the moment of its conception life must be guarded with the greatest care while abortion and infanticide are unspeakable crimes. “ (GS 51)