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By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - As governors continue to impose tight restrictions on churches, when will Catholic bishops encourage civil disobedience?... Archbishop Sample of Portland seems to have answered that question, saying it’s not going to happen.” Archbishop Cordileone of San Francisco sends a different message: “I’m taking no options off the table.”

By Gayle Somers, Catholic Exchange - On this Feast of Christ the King, the last Sunday of the liturgical calendar, the Church gives us a Gospel reading that looks back and looks ahead (something we often routinely do at the end of our calendar year).  Our readings lately in St. Matthew have taught us that Jesus, like the bridegroom and the master in the parables of the virgins and the talents, will return.  We have understood from both of them that His return will precipitate an accounting ...

Fr. Mark Goring, CC: Quito, Akita & Fatima - Prophecies for Our Time - WATCH

By Msgr. Charles Pope - I’ve often been impressed by the ability of old African-American spirituals to treat serious subjects in a clear, memorable, and almost joyful way. This is true even of weighty matters like sin and judgment. During early November we are focused on the four last things (death, judgment, Heaven, and hell) and November is also Black Catholic History Month. So, this seems like a good time to look at some of the creative lines from different spirituals that articulate these topics.