Catholic Church

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - It is impossible to curtail sexual abuse of any kind without the cultivation of the virtue of purity. And for most people, it is impossible to cultivate the virtue of purity without prayer, struggle and grace. It is doubly, triply, quadruply (and more) difficult to develop this virtue in a society which deliberately and continuously fosters impurity, not only in the breach but with the full force of government and law.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews - San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has publicly called out the two abortion advocates. In an op-ed for the Washington Post, Cordileone defended the pro-life law in Texas that bans abortions after six weeks and he took Biden and Pelosi to task for supporting it... “You cannot be a good Catholic and support expanding a government-approved right to kill innocent human beings,” he wrote. “This is hardly inappropriate for a pastor to say. If anything, Catholic political leaders’ response to the situation in Texas highlights the need for us to say it all the louder.”

By Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing - I don’t know if America is “the greatest nation in human history.” By many measures – military power, global cultural influence, GNP, a large middle class, extensive governmental provisions for the poor, personal liberties, basic equality before the law, religious and ethnic tolerance (at least until recently), a welcoming of immigrants (around 1 million legal immigrants yearly) ...