Catholic Church

October 5, 2018

The Battle of Lepanto: The Day Our Lady Saved Christendom

By Diane Moczar, Catholic Exchange - When the news reached Europe, there was general relief, rejoicing, and thanksgiving. As for Pope Pius, he gave credit where it was due, declaring October 7 the Feast of Our Lady of Victory; it was later changed to the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary — a name it still bears.

October 5, 2018

Philip Kosloski: Here is St. Faustina’s Description of Her Guardian Angel

By Philip Kosloski, Aleteia - She also wrote, “Then I saw one of the seven spirits near me, radiant as at other times, under a form of light. I constantly saw him beside me when I was riding on the train. I saw an angel standing on every church we passed, but surrounded by a light which was paler than that of the spirit who was accompanying me on the journey, and each of these spirits who were guarding the churches bowed his head to the spirit who was near me.”

October 5, 2018

Catholic Herald: Don’t be Fooled by China

By Tim Stanley, Catholic Herald - In the sense that the Chinese communists have acknowledged they also need to have a bit of capitalism before they can build socialism, they are, like Lenin, both flexible and loyal to Marx’s original ideas about how history is supposed to work... They also, like Lenin, hate God. Sebestyen quotes Lenin calling religion “the most inexpressible foulness”. Faith threatened communism by offering a powerful alternative worldview that put God, not man, at the centre of the universe, so it had to be beaten....

October 5, 2018

Crisis Magazine: Fr. Martin’s Bridge to Nowhere

By Adrian Reimers, Crisis Magazine - If the Church were to recognize an LGBT community and reach out to it—build a bridge—respecting it as a community, then it would be recognizing a structure of sin. As Fr Martin rightly insists, every gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transsexual Christian is loved by God and in virtue of baptism is a member of the Church. However, from this we cannot conclude that the “LGBT community” is part of the Church, because such a community is defined by sin, whether in the behavior or at least the inclination. Nothing else defines LGBT membership.