Catholic Church

By Bishop Robert Barron, Word on Fire - William Shakespeare simply contains so much.  In the manner of Dante, Homer, Michelangelo, James Joyce, and Aquinas, he seems to encompass the whole: every texture of feeling, every nuance of thought, the tragedy of sin, the most exquisite longings of the soul, the most confounding confusions, heaven, hell, and everything in between. 

By Diane Montagna, LifeSiteNews - The Pope has no power to change or relax the Church’s ban on artificial contraception, just as he can never allow women to be ordained, Cardinal Gerhard Müller said on Wednesday… He also called media attempts to recast Karol Wojtyła (St. John Paul II) as a “rigid” traditionalist, in contrast to a “more open” Paul VI, “fake news.”

By Philip Kosloski, Aleteia - This Way of the Cross can be prayed in 5 minutes (or less). One of the most powerful prayers during Lent is the Way of the Cross, which invites us to retrace the events that led up to Jesus’ crucifixion on Mount Calvary. However, it’s not always easy to find the time to pray the pious devotion.

By Father John P. Cush, National Catholic Register - The story of Joseph and his brothers from the Old Testament’s Book of Genesis is no doubt familiar to all of us.... Joseph never stop wearing that coat, a gift of the father, even when he knows it makes him obnoxious to his brothers, and his brothers, filled with rage, with jealousy, infuriated, just want to see him gone. But Joseph never stops wearing that coat, that gift of the father.