Catholic Church

May 27, 2020

Archbishop Viganò: Dictatorships Arise Because Not Enough Voices Oppose Them, by Dr. Maike Hickson

By Dr. Maike Hickson, LifeSiteNews - Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has responded to a German Rabbi, Jehoschua Ahrens, who called the Viganò Appeal concerning the corona crisis and its dangers for constitutional liberties a “shock,” adding that he is glad that the German bishops have distanced themselves from it... The Italian prelate defended issuing the May 7 appeal, stating: “I think it is the duty of each one of us to express our concerns about a situation that, taking advantage of the Covid crisis, goes far beyond reasonable safety measures, imposing on entire nations the deprivation of constitutional freedoms.”

May 27, 2020

Courage! A Homily for the Times by Father James Altman (Watch Video)

Father James Altman, Saint James the Less La Crosse Wisconsin, Tuesday Morning 8:00 AM Mass - WATCH

May 27, 2020

What St. Paul Did During His Two Years of “Sheltering-in-Place”, by Susan Klemond

By Susan Klemond, National Catholic Register - Staying at home doesn’t have the same appeal as it did before this spring... As summer approaches and COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions are gradually being lifted, I think many of us will be glad to go out for more than just groceries... St. Paul would understand those feelings. Toward the end of his ministry, he was required to spend two years under house arrest in Rome. To make matters worse, he was bound by a chain and assigned a guard during that time... Despite these limitations, St. Paul continued to preach to crowds that came to his home, helped to build up the Church in Rome and probably wrote four epistles.

May 27, 2020

After the Lockdown, a Great Catholic Revival? by Phil Lawler

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - This morning, in an effort to shift my thoughts away from the epidemic and the lockdown, I thought I’d look back a few months, to remember what I was writing before this unhappy subject began to dominate our consciousness... my mind flashed back to an excellent column that I had read just a few minutes earlier, by my friend Michael Pakaluk. Unfortunately, his topic was the lockdown; my bid for a day’s break from that conversation was thwarted... the single sentence that stood out, as I read Michael Pakaluk’s piece, was this: A huge opportunity will have been lost if, when the lockdowns end, the lines outside confessionals aren’t as impressive as the lines of patrons outside restaurants.