Catholic Church

April 18, 2020

Press Release: Bishop Chairmen (Four) Urge FDA to Develop Ethical Vaccine for COVID-19

USCCB - The letter noted that “among the dozens of vaccines currently in development, some are being produced using old cell lines that were created from the cells of aborted babies.” Furthermore, “there is no need to use ethically problematic cell lines to produce a COVID vaccine, or any vaccine, as other cell lines or processes that do not involve cells from abortions are available and are regularly being used,” the signers stated. “It is critically important that Americans have access to a vaccine that is produced ethically: no American should be forced to choose between being vaccinated against this potentially deadly virus and violating his or her conscience.”

April 18, 2020

Dark Night of the Soul: Faithful Catholic Escapes Death From Coronavirus, (Video) by John-Henry Westen

By John-Henry Westen, LifeSite News - Dan Burke, the former president of EWTN News, sat down with me this week to discuss his recent diagnosis and recovery from the COVID-19 virus. Although we discussed a wide range of issues, including liturgical abuses, what stood out to me from our conversation was the “spiritual darkness” he said he experienced while suffering from the virus in the hospital… “I don't claim to be a mystic or any of that,” he told me, “and what I'm about to say could be audacious …” …

April 18, 2020

Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky: Protestants Saving the Catholic Church

By Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky, The Catholic Thing - With Bishop Peter Baldacchino of Las Cruces, New Mexico as perhaps the only exception, Catholics now owe a debt of gratitude to their Protestant brethren, who are bravely leading the fight to restore worship to its rightful “essential” status… Catholics are already indebted to the (mostly) Protestant Founding Fathers who gave us the Constitution and the Bill of Rights (although the Constitution is also grounded in Catholic England’s Magna Carta).

April 17, 2020

The Catholic Faith Explained: Resurrection Of The Dead And Life Everlasting, by Charlie McKinney

By Charlie McKinney, SpiritualDirection.com - ".. the Paschal Mystery is so central to the Christian Faith. I will do this by relying much on certain key passages of the New Testament. The point is not to prove that Jesus rose from the dead, but to explain why Jesus’ death and resurrection are so important to the Christian Faith. As if everything we have discussed thus far were not enough, the resurrection is the reason why Christians refer to faith in Jesus Christ as “good news.” Christianity is not just a code of ethics or a practice of life. We believe that in Christ, God has enacted a complete transformation of the human condition."