Catholic Church

By Charles J. Russ, Catholic World Report - Governmental officials must tread lightly in balancing the need to maintain public welfare by attempting to implement vaccine mandates during health emergencies and protecting the constitutional rights of Americans. Consequently, any restrictions governmental officials seek to impose on the rights of Americans must be drawn as narrowly as possible, meaning they must use the least restrictive means possible in achieving their ends.

By Tina Dennelly, Catholic News Agency - Thursday is the Ascension, the day the Church marks 40 days since Jesus’ resurrection and the day he ascended into heaven (see Acts 1:1–11). But depending on where you live, you may or may not be obligated to attend Mass on that day... If you live in the ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Omaha, and Philadelphia, tomorrow is a holy day of obligation for you. That means if you live in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Nebraska, or Pennsylvania, you have to go to Mass!

By Fr. Alex Zenthoefer, "The Message", The Catholic Diocese of Evansville, Indiana - Many active, faithful Catholics are not aware of the history of the conflict between masons and the Catholic Church or the current stance we hold as Catholics. Many have been unknowingly participating in masonic rites, unaware of the context of those rituals. It is important for us to understand what is at the heart of this division and why the Catholic Church has reaffirmed that “Catholics enrolled in Masonic associations are involved in serious sin and may not approach Holy Communion”

By Janet E. Smith, Crisis Magazine - A while back I was invited to give a talk for Patrick Coffin’s course Hope is the Fuel, which has generated much controversy based on the host and one of the other invited speakers, E. Michael Jones. After much reflection I have decided to withdraw and have asked Patrick Coffin not to include the talk I have recorded... Many of you are thinking, “why did it take so long?” Others are thinking, “why have you caved?” I am pretty much in a lose/lose situation here so I will lay out my thinking (perhaps too extensively!)