Catholic Church

By Jules Gomes, Church Militant - Paolo Becchi, journalist and professor of philosophy of law at the University of Genoa, remarks: The Church is going through a difficult time and what is the Pope doing? He gives an interview to a partisan newspaper, not realizing that he looks like the head not of the Church but of a political faction. May the Lord save the Church from the sins of men of the Church… "It is now certain that Scalfari is a meme created by Bergoglio, a way to troll his traditionalist enemies," Maurizio Crippa lashes out in Il Foglio.

By Joseph Pronechen, National Catholic Register - First, Christians “must realize that a moment of crisis is not a time of despair, but of opportunity. The more we can anticipate the doom, the more we can avoid it. Once we recognize we are under Divine Wrath, we become eligible for Divine Mercy. It was because of famine the prodigal said: ‘I will arise, and will go to my father.’ The very disciplines of God create hope. The thief on the right came to God by a crucifixion. The Christian finds a basis for optimism in the most thorough-going pessimism, for his Easter is within three days of Good Friday.”

By Marco Tosatti, Church Militant - Lord, save us! We are perishing! The Lord sleeps while the tempest rages. He seems to abandon us to the waves of doubt and error. We are tempted to surrender to despair. The waves of relativism are submerging the Barque of the Church. The Apostles were afraid. Their faith grew cold. The Church, too, at times seems to waver. In the heart of the tempest, the faith of the Apostles in the power of Jesus seems to become less. We also are living this mystery. We feel a deep peace, however, because we know that the one who guides the Barque is Jesus. We are aware that it can never sink, that it can only lead us to the port of eternal salvation. ~Benedict XVI and Robert Cardinal Sarah