Catholic Church

By David Carlin, The Catholic Thing - In the aftermath of the Second Vatican Council, many Catholics, especially young priests and seminarians, were imbued with the so-called “spirit of Vatican II” – a spirit that hoped to carry reforms and improvements of the Church well beyond the reforms and improvements actually designated by the Council... I remember a young priest telling us from the pulpit one Sunday that the Church, despite having been in existence for more than 1,900 years, had never really understood the meaning of Catholicism until the arrival of Vatican II. ...

By Theodore Bunker, Newsmax - Father Gerald Murray, pastor of the Holy Family Church in New York City, told Newsmax on Tuesday that the recent solar eclipse reminds us of the "mysterious creation out there" that "we should try to understand."... Murray said on "American Agenda" that "Every day when the sun rises, it's a reminder that God's in charge because He put the sun there and we didn't. And the fact that we're still alive, that we have intelligence and energy."

By Abah Anthony John, ACI Africa - More than 700 Christians were baptized on Easter Sunday in Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Katsina, where there is a rise in attacks mainly targeting Christian communities... In an April 3 interview with ACI Africa, CNA’s news partner in Africa, Bishop Gerald Mamman Musa rejoiced at the successful celebration of Easter — the diocese’s first. The Diocese of Katsina was just erected by Pope Francis in October 2023.

By Msgr. Robert J. Batule, The Catholic Thing - In Evangelium Vitae (1995), Pope Saint John Paul II places contraception alongside of abortion, calling both of them “fruits of the same tree.” (13) The allusion to a tree takes us back to the Book of Genesis. There is an exchange there between the woman Eve and the serpent. The serpent asks the woman, “Did God really tell you not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?”