Catholic Church

May 17, 2018

Four Strategies Satan Uses Against Christian Order

By John Horvat II, Return to Order - To fight the action of Satan, we must be convinced that God “will not allow us to be tempted beyond our strength” (1Cor. 10:13). God allows temptation but He also checks and restrains the tempter. By suffering and resisting temptations with God’s help, we can be strengthened and increase our sanctity. When all society resists Satan, it leads to an order that is conducive to virtuous life in common.

May 17, 2018

That at Least Peter’s Shadow Might Fall on Them: A Challenge to the Church in the Acts of the Apostles

By Msgr. Charles Pope - A central work of the Church is to deliver people from the power of Satan,to transfer them from the kingdom of darkness unto the Kingdom of Light, to shepherd God’s people out of bondage and into freedom. When people come to us tormented by demonic incursions, we can and ought to pray for them. Parishes should be places where people can find clergy and others trained in deliverance ministry to lay hands on them and pray for their deliverance.

May 17, 2018

Catholicism and Celebrity Culture at the Met

By Marybeth Hagan, Crisis Magazine - Catholicism and haute couture made a gauche fashion statement at the recent Met Gala, a major fundraising event for The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute... The event, celebrated annually on the first Monday in the Blessed Mother’s month of May, is the hottest ticket in New York City’s world of fashion. This year’s Met Gala celebrated the opening of the museum’s “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” exhibit, which runs May 10 through October 8.

May 17, 2018

God’s Chat with the Devil: The Vision of Pope Leo XIII

By Daniel Demers, Catholic Stand - While he was attending Mass in 1884 Pope Leo XIII reportedly had a vision and overheard a conversation between God and the devil, Satan. The conversation purported to be a request by Satan for the 75 to 100 years he needed in order to destroy the Catholic Church. God reportedly granted Satan’s request. The apparition gives us an insight into what purports to be a troubling negotiation between God and the devil—between good and evil....