Catholic Church

Msgr. Charles Pope - We live in times in which mercy, like so many other things, has become a detached concept in people’s minds, separated from the things that really help us to understand it. For indeed, mercy makes sense and is necessary because we are sinners in desperate shape. Yet many today think it unkind and unmerciful to speak of sin as sin. Many think that mercy is a declaration that God doesn’t really care about sin, or that sin is not a relevant concept.

By E. Christian Brugger, EWTN News - Jesus asks of us what he asked of himself. He asks for our obedience to the Father’s will. He does not need our evildoing in order to bring about his purposes in our lives and in the world... So while we sympathize with people in hard situations — and yours is surely very hard — the Church teaches that one must not conclude that because the situation is hard, therefore it is okay to do evil.

By F.X. Cronin, Catholic Exchange - In the early years after Jesus’ Resurrection and the establishment of the Church, God sent His selected disciples out to enlighten the known world and to preserve it. St. Paul comes to mind as does St. Peter. He called them and others to go far from home to share the Good News with those across the known reaches of the world of its day.

By Robert G. Marshall, Catholic Culture - The so-called Equality Act, HR 5, pushed by President Biden and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, will prevent churches which follow sexual morality as taught by Moses and Jesus Christ from obtaining commercial bank loans. Individuals who abide by the same teaching will see their employment opportunities severely curtailed under the bogus Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) provisions of HR 5.