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By Peter J. Leithart, First Things - I can draw no conclusions about the pope’s views, but it wouldn’t be surprising if he believed in a form of what theologians call “annihilationism,” the view that those who refuse to repent and believe are snuffed out of existence… Revelation 20–21 tells a different story. Whatever the millennium is, it ends with Satan’s final, abortive rebellion, which leads to a final judgment. The dead—all of them, apparently—are judged according to their works. Those whose names aren’t found in the book of life are thrown into the lake of fire.

By Michael W. Chapman, CNSNews - In his Easter Sunday homily, the Catholic archbishop of Sydney, Australia, Anthony Fisher, decried "powerful interests" that attack Christians and try to "exclude them from public life," and added that they want to cast believers as "Public Enemy No. 1."… Archbishop Fisher first talked about how the atheist government of the Soviet Union had tried to eradicate religion, using myriad repressive measures, but ultimately failed.

By Edward Pentin, EWTN - The Vatican announced Thursday that Pope Francis will publish an apostolic exhortation on holiness titled Gaudete et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad)… Subtitled “on the call to holiness in the contemporary world,” the exhortation will be presented April 9 by Archbishop Angelo De Donatis, vicar general of Rome…

By Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, Catholic Exchange - The value of work is generally judged from the material point of view, according to the amount and cash value of what it produces. The benefits it yields to the human person are, on the other hand, ignored, as if the whole value of work were something that did not affect man himself. Herein lies an impoverishment of the concept of work, and a one-sidedness of the view of work...