Catholic Church

By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Catholic Culture - Even the Prince of Peace invokes violence to achieve the tranquility of order. Many of the teachings of Jesus are disturbing to the ears of pacifists: I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled! I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how I am constrained until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division; ....

By Daniel Payne, CNA Staff - A survey released this month by a British Catholic organization demonstrates what the group says were the “shocking” effects of COVID-19-related church closures in that country... Catholic Union... said that its survey of almost 1,000 is “the first major study of Catholic attitudes towards the closure of churches during the pandemic and the impact this had on people’s well-being.”... In its release this month, the group revealed that more than 60% of respondents “said that their physical or mental health had been affected by church closures.”

By Dr. Robert Moynihan, Inside The Vatican - Two and a half years, and the expenditure of millions and millions of dollars (nobody knows the real total) on legal fees, staff and security to manage the trial, equipment to record all the testimony, and every other cost (including all the time spent by hundreds of journalists over three years to write about this trial month after month), to prove… what?... Becciu has maintained his innocence throughout the trial.

By Church Militant - A Catholic priest was fatally stabbed early Sunday in a church rectory in Fort Calhoun, Nebraska... The Washington County Sheriff's Office reported an arrest in the case... Deputies responded to a 911 call around 5:05 a.m. about an attempted break-in at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. They found Fr. Stephen Gutgsell with stab wounds and a suspect, identified as Kierre Williams of Sioux City, Iowa, inside.