Catholic Church

By Kathy Schiffer, EWTN News - Every year, 19 days after Pentecost, the Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. But where did that tradition originate?... Devotion to the wounded heart of Jesus has its origins in the eleventh century, when pious Christians meditated on the Five Wounds of Christ.

By Shane Kapler, Catholic Exchange - As Catholic parents we want to do absolutely everything in our power to help our kids develop a relationship with the Blessed Trinity that will sustain them into eternity. In short—we want to raise saints. But how do we do that? Well, I recently met a gentleman, Patrick O’Hearn, who spent the last three years trying to figure that out.

By Hadley Arkes, The Catholic Thing - Not long after Roe v. Wade was decided (1973), a notable figure in medical research opined that the Court had not been liberal enough in fashioning this right to have an abortion virtually through the end of the pregnancy.  He suggested that the parents be given four or five more days to gauge any disabilities in the child and whether they wished to keep her alive.

By Dr. Edward Feser, Catholic World Report - If a man suffers for weeks from a broken arm or a persistent flu, we don’t for that reason judge him to be generally of poor health... And in the same way, the Church’s indefectibility and holiness are not undermined by the fact that in some generations she is especially afflicted with members and leaders who are foolish, wicked, or otherwise fail their Mother and her divine Spouse. The Church, as it is said, thinks in centuries. And that is the scale at which she must be understood.