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When my 26-year-old son, who was extremely depressed, died fifteen years ago, I faced my own depression that was life-altering. I shared my condition with Dad, who told me that he had felt the same way for most of his life. The puzzle of my life began to fit together more afterwards. Dad and I became even closer friends and opened up to each other at a very deep and personal level. I was finally able to accept the possibility that I also had been depressed for most of my life.

By Pete Baklinski, LifeSiteNews - The annual Rome Life Forum comes at a time in the Church when, under Pope Francis’ watch, the teachings of heretics have been allowed to go unchecked. And, Pope Francis himself has refused to answer questions about ambiguities in his own teachings. Last year group of clergy and lay scholars from around the world issued a formal “filial correction” of the pope, accusing him of propagating heresies concerning marriage, the moral life, and reception of the sacraments.

By Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald - Slattery explains (in his book) how a Catholic civilization, long-germinating, came to birth by the 11th century in law, philosophy, art and architecture… Slattery’s book (Heroism and Genius: How Catholic Priests Helped Build – and Can Help Rebuild – Western Civilization) has an urgent purpose; it is a rallying call to priests today as they “confront the Western civilization of the past and the dictatorship of relativism of the present.”

The Marian title of “Mother of the Church,” was given to the Blessed Mother by Bl. Pope Paul VI at the Second Vatican Council. It was also added to the Roman Missal after the Holy Year of Reconciliation in 1975.... Subsequently, some countries, dioceses and religious families were granted permission by the Holy See to add this celebration to their particular calendars. With its addition to the General Roman Calendar, it will now be celebrated by the whole Roman Catholic Church.