Catholic Church

May 3, 2018

Ireland’s Young Pro-Lifers Are Confounding Stereotypes

By Mary Kenny, Catholic Herald - But it’s time to recognise the political narrative here: it’s not the “conservative” power of the Catholic Church that is sustaining the campaign to protect the Eighth Amendment: it’s the driving force of a cohort of educated and motivated Irishwomen, who are bringing some of the fierceness of the maternal instinct to this serious constitutional matter.

May 3, 2018

Cardinal Burke in Bratislava: Devastating Attack on Church Comes Even From “Her Head”

GloriaTV - Therefore, Burke encouraged the Catholics to "soldier on" in defence of the truth, "There can be no place for silence or an attitude of defeat"... He pointed out that "confusion and error" about Catholic marriage was first expressed by Cardinal Walter Kasper. This "became evident to the world during the first Synod of Bishops in 2014."

May 3, 2018

Rev. James V. Schall, S.J.: What We Know About Evil, Hell, and Final Damnation

By Rev. James V. Schall, S.J., Crisis Magazine - The progressive and optimistic mood of our secular times makes any reminder of hell and damnation almost an insult to the human race. We are, so it is said, about defining and saving ourselves by our own powers. No divinity is needed. Hell is at best a myth. Damnation of all or even a few—save for Hitler, who is on TV in some form almost every day—is simply incomprehensible.

May 3, 2018

4 More Marian Apparitions That Were Approved by the Vatican

By Philip Kosloski, Aleteia - Even though Catholics are not required to believe any private revelation, even approved ones, apparitions and messages are often approved by the Church for local or universal devotion. This approval is done for the benefit of the faithful, where the Vatican or a local bishop declares “worthy of belief” certain private revelations that are beneficial to a Christian on the road to holiness.