Catholic Church

By George Neumayr, American Spectator - The clashing accounts gave rise to a heated Internet discussion about whose account was more authoritative. But the better question is: Who cares? This pope has a Peronista penchant for telling audiences what they want to hear, then proceeding with his liberal program anyways… The fact is that he gave an exclusive meeting last year to James Martin, with photographer in tow, knowing full well that that would send a signal of papal approval about Martin’s LGBT ministry… It is the faithful who should feel used by a pope who often says that “the meeting is the message.” This pope prizes the subversive value of meeting with dissidents.

By Doug Mainwaring, LifeSiteNews - Bishop Strickland frequently takes to social media to defend Catholic teaching. He is also known to have challenged his fellow bishops about permitting priests to offer views that contradict Catholicism. In a meeting of the USCCB in 2018, he reminded them that “homosexual activity is immoral” and that “real care comes from acknowledging the sin.”... “Do we believe the doctrine of the Church or not?” Strickland asked.

By Jessica Fahy, Spiritual Direction - WHAT IS ACEDIA?... St. Thomas Aquinas defines acedia as “sorrow at the good and disgust with activity.” He also says it’s a “sluggishness” of the mind and will “which neglects to begin good”… Acedia can manifest through the avoidance of the duties in our state in life or a repugnance to do good works. It leads us not to do what one ought to be doing when they ought to be doing it…. Acedia can manifest spiritually as well. It makes spiritual things distasteful to us or view them as a labor too difficult to perform.

By Dr. Maike Hickson, LifeSiteNews - The strongest warning against all Gaia romanticism is given by the Evangelist St. John. For him, the cosmos even proves to be an anti-divine force. Without Christ – the light which darkness has not grasped (cf. Jn 1:5) – lies, sin and death prevail in the world and in history. They are darkness. And they are a force that determines man, that oppresses and overwhelms, confuses and covers up. Encircled by the cosmos, God's creatures are loved by it and become its property (cf. Jn 15:19); it begins to rule over them. This alien access to man comes from the “ruler of this world”