Catholic Church

By David G Bonagura, Jr., The Catholic Thing - In rebuking the Pharisees for misunderstanding the heart of the Mosaic Law, our Lord issued a declaration, unprovoked by the immediate context, that reverberates today: “[T]he things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile.” (Matthew 15:18)... What is in the heart that our words manifest? Again, our Lord is quite direct: “[F]rom the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, false witness, blasphemy..."

By Jim Graves, EWTN News - The faithful kneel in the bow of a boat, prayerfully adoring our Eucharistic Lord in the Blessed Sacrament... The gold monstrance glistens in the sun as the craft traverses the waterway, carrying Christ further along the bayou... These are among the reverent scenes from the annual Fête-Dieu du Teche South in the Pelican State... In this time of Eucharistic Revival, as proclaimed by the U.S. bishops, organizers see the event as a way to bring Christ into the public square, inspire faith and encourage conversions.

By Simon Caldwell, Catholic Herald - Inadequate religious education and formation of U.S. Catholics in their faith has weakened the Church when it is being “explicitly attacked”, Abp. Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco said...He said the result was a weakened and divided Church, with many nominal, and some churchgoing Catholics, such as U.S. Pres. Joe Biden, now siding with a secular consensus often increasingly hostile to the teachings and traditions of the Catholic Church.

By JohnMark Cayer, Crisis Magazine - If you sailed down the Rhine not more than two hundred years ago, in what would soon become Germany, you would pass through regions with a variety of dialects, dress, food, and cultural norms... This multiplicity was made possible by a shared Catholic, and later merely Christian, identity which allowed each region to fully embrace their particular identity without compromising their unity as the Body of Christ.