Catholic Church

By Father Jesusmary Missigbètò, LifeSiteNews - May Jesus Christ, God and Founder of the Church, bless you and give you abundantly His Holy Spirit so that you may be well enlightened about this important period in your life and in our Church! I pray that you will receive the words contained in this open letter as a sign of affection from a son to his father. It is the love of the Pope and of justice that drives me to write to you, with humility and respect. On 11 November 2023, the whole world learned with surprise that you had dismissed Joseph Edward Strickland as Bishop of the Diocese of Tyler (Texas, USA).

By Tierin-Rose Mandelburg, MRC TV - (Saint Mary’s College) school president, Katie Conboy, who claims she wants to spread the mission of the college and keep it “rooted in the Catholic faith,” sent an email to school faculty insisting that “Saint Mary’s will consider undergraduate applicants whose sex assigned at birth is female or who consistently live and identify as women.”... Riley Gaines... said, “In the name of empowering women, St. Mary’s has abandoned women. It would be comical if there weren’t real consequences women have to endure. .....

By David G Bonagura, Jr., The Catholic Thing - What motivates someone to attend Mass daily on his lunch break? To stop his car so he can make a visit to our Lord in the tabernacle? To confess his sins on a regular basis?... Such a person knows that Christ is truly present in the Eucharist, that being with Him and receiving Him as often as possible is a tremendous blessing. (This week especially it’s good to remember that in Greek eucharistein means “to give thanks,” which means every time the Eucharist is celebrated is a kind of Thanksgiving Day.) All this allows him to love and to serve Christ more effectively. Otherwise, he would not make these efforts.

By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, The Catholic Thing - Among the many images of the Church is the Ark of the Covenant. The Ark was the decorated chamber that carried the tablets of the Ten Commandments. In every Catholic church, the tabernacle of the Blessed Eucharist is the Ark of the New and Everlasting Covenant of the saving Cross and Resurrection of Jesus. The parable of the talents demonstrates the duty of Christians to live and proclaim the Word of the Covenant. But we frequently overlook that the Ark is the vessel, not the Covenant.