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By Catholic News Agency - The 116th Congress was gavelled into session on January 3, bringing almost 100 new lawmakers into office, and with Catholics making up nearly 30 percent of the congressional freshman class… In total, there are 163 Catholics sitting in either the Senate or House of Representatives, a drop of five from the 115th Congress, but still more than 30 percent of the legislature.

By Msgr. Charles Pope - Therefore, away with sophistry, rationalizations, and intentions. Our faith must become flesh in the way we act and move.  God’s love for us in not just a theory or idea. It is a flesh and blood reality that can be seen, heard, and touched.  The Word of God and our faith cannot simply remain on the pages of a book or in the recesses of our intellect. They must leap off the pages of the Bible and the Catechism and become flesh in the way we live our life, in the decisions we make, and in the way we use our body, mind, intellect, and will.

By Fr. Paolo Carlin, Catholic Exchange - Distinguishing between mental illness and a diabolical attack — two realities with similar manifestations — is a complex and delicate task. For this reason, the priest exorcist must be very diligent in making use of the human sciences of psychiatry and psychology. The enemy is strong when he is hidden, and psychological or psychiatric illnesses are a realm that, in the exorcists’ view, is easily infiltrated by him and where he is difficult to discover.

By Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Blog - I can’t disagree with any of (George Weigel’s) assessments, and it does look like bigger and darker storm clouds are on the horizon, but there is cause for great joy in all this… The vine is being pruned… People are waking up and realizing that being a Catholic is more of a roller coaster ride than a walk in the park… Catholics are hearing those words of Jesus Christ about the world hating them as it hated him. They’re also looking at a church they trust and realizing that her leadership has betrayed them. Good. They shouldn’t have trusted the human institutions of the church quite so much.