Catholic Church

By Gretchen Filz, The Catholic Company - The Catholic Church dedicates the entire month of November to the Holy Souls in Purgatory. During this entire month we pray for the souls of the faithful departed, especially those whom we have known and loved. November 2nd is All Souls Day, also known as the Day of the Dead… The souls in purgatory died in the mercy of God, this is why they are called holy..

By Msgr. Charles Pope - The word “distracted” most literally means to be drawn or pulled aside. When distracted, we lose our focus and may act improperly, unwisely, or incorrectly... The commercial below depicts a young man trying to play a video game while eating. The results are comical and destructive inside the video game world.

By Dr. Kevin Vost, Catholic Exchange - Hear the words of Thomas’s close friend, Brother Reginald of Piperno, quoted at Thomas’s canonization proceedings: “When perplexed by a difficulty he would kneel and pray and then, on returning to his writing and dictation, he was accustomed to find that his thought had become so clear that it seemed to show him inwardly, as in a book, the words he needed.” Might we all develop such a prayerful practice to overcome writer’s (or studier’s) block!

By Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia - A week since initial word emerged of the US Department of Justice's most sweeping investigation to date into abuse and its cover-up, as an extension into the Feds' nascent grand-jury probe of the dioceses of Pennsylvania, every last Stateside Chancery has now received an effective nationwide order "to not destroy, discard, dispose of, delete, or alter" a host of records pertaining to personnel in general, and abuse – and its related claims – in particular.