Catholic Church

By Dr. Maike Hickson, LifeSiteNews - Gänswein spoke about the “satanic” abuse crisis in the Church. At one point, he referred to Cardinal Willem Eijk's statement last May in which he referred to the Catechism of the Catholic Church’s prophecy of a “final trial” for the Church before the second coming of Christ. Importantly, in that same statement, Eijk had publicly called upon Pope Francis to make clarifications with regard to the intercommunion debate in Germany.

By Thomas D. Williams, PhD, Breitbart - Satan, the “Great Accuser,” has been unleashed against the bishops of the Church, Pope Francis said Tuesday, in a thinly veiled reference to the former Vatican nuncio to the United States... Despite the pope’s frequent calls for transparency and accountability for those responsible for committing or covering up sex abuse, he seemed to suggest Tuesday that the former nuncio had behaved like Satan by making public the errors of his brother bishops.

By Tod Worner, The Catholic Thing - It was not by accident that Sir Thomas was called before the Cardinal at such a late hour. The summons came as an exercise in power and a peevish sort of punishment. Why? Because Thomas disagreed with the Cardinal’s attempt to gain the pope’s blessing for King Henry VIII’s cynical divorce… It was a move to massage and manipulate the Truths of the Church to achieve a “satisfactory” political end…

By Jeannie Ewing, Catholic Exchange - Develop a devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows. Meditate on each mystery by imagining how Our Lady dealt with each situation, then ask her for a portion of her heart and participation of her grace... As I turned to Our Lady of Sorrows during Lent one year, I thought of what particular grace pertained to each mystery of the Seven Sorrows of Mary. Here are my reflections on each, to guide you in your own burgeoning devotion to her under this title.