Catholic Church

By Rorate Caeli by Staff - John Paul II ascended to the papacy at a time when great evil threatened to overtake both the world and the Church. His firm commitment to confronting Communism led directly to the downfall of the Soviet Union... (he) planted the seeds of renewal during a time of confusion and crisis.. It turns out, however, that John Paul II secured the undoing of his own legacy within the Church on February 21, 2001. On that date, John Paul II elevated the controversial Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, to Cardinal.

By Msgr. Charles Pope - We live in difficult times for the Church; from many sectors the very legitimate cry for reform goes up frequently. Beyond the sexual abuse scandal there are also deep concerns regarding the uncertain trumpet of Catholic preaching, lukewarm and nominal Catholics, an overall lack of self-discipline among Catholics, and a lack of disciplining by the bishops and clergy of those Catholics (lay and clergy) who cause scandal. The list of concerns is long, and in general I have been sympathetic on this blog to the need for reform and greater zeal in the Church.

By Katie Warner, EWTN News - Meal times are one of my favorite opportunities for faith-based discussions with our kids. Some of their best questions and aha moments come when we are chatting about Scripture, apologetics, the saints and more at the dinner table... The way you live and discuss your faith at home together with your children will have a far greater impact on them and on their spiritual lives and growth than any textbook can.

By Francisco Zuniga, Crisis Magazine - The late and most worthy Pope Benedict XVI stated it in powerful and simple terms in the book Salt of the Earth: I would put it like this: No one can be a Christian alone; being a Christian means a communion of wayfarers. Even a hermit belongs to a wayfaring community and is sustained by it. For this reason it must be the Church’s concern to create pilgrim communities…It will have to form new ways of pilgrim fellowship; communities will have to shape each other more intensely by supporting each other and living in the faith…Christians must therefore really support one another.