Catholic Church

By Msgr. Charles Pope - Most see (sloth) merely as laziness, but there is more to it than that. Let’s take a moment and consider some aspects of this cardinal sin… The Greek word we translate as sloth isἀκηδία akedia.. meaning indifference or negligence. St. Thomas Aquinas speaks of sloth as sorrow for spiritual good. By it, we shun spiritual good as too toilsome… Some modern commentators describe sloth as a “don’t care” feeling. Some even say it is a kind of falling out of love with God and the things of God…

By Michael Hichborn, LifeSiteNews - A judge in Britain justified his decision to remove a baby from a ventilator, against the wishes of his Catholic parents, by citing a recent controversial address given by Pope Francis... The parents of Alfie Evans, a 21-month-old baby with a mysterious illness, received a devastating blow from a high court on February 20 as Justice Anthony Hayden ruled that the baby’s ventilator is to be turned off.

By Stephen Beale, Catholic Exchange - Infinity is both understandable and incomprehensible. Infinity, then, is a most fitting attribute of God, making Him known to us by reminding us of His absolute incomprehensibility... Theology traditionally has affirmed that there are at least three ways of knowing God: by His effects, by things implied by His nature, and by His revelation in Sacred Scripture.

By John Zmirak, The Stream - Now in 2018, with 70.4 million Catholics listed as living in America, one thing is certain. We still have at least one bishop. His name is Thomas Paprocki. The Bishop of Springfield, Illinois just did what any Catholic bishop would have done in the past… He saw that a secular leader who belonged to the Church was advocating grave evil. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois lives in Paprocki’s diocese. He voted against protecting the lives of unborn children — even those who might be viable outside the womb..