Catholic Church

By Fr. Roger Landry, EWTN News - Catholics can easily recall when Jesus instituted the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist: during the first Mass, which began during the Last Supper with the words of consecration and finished the following afternoon when Jesus gave his body and poured out his blood for us on Calvary... Far fewer Catholics, however, know when Jesus instituted the sacrament of penance and reconciliation, which may be one of the reasons some today take it for granted. He did it on the evening he rose from the dead, which shows just how crucial Jesus considered it in his salvific mission and manifested what the sacrament of reconciliation is meant to bring about.

By John-Henry Westen, LifeSiteNews - Speaking about the disturbing poster for the film, the creators expanded on that very message. “The poster is a Trojan horse designed to lure in” not just those who are aware of it being a Catholic film, but generic horror fans as well, who are on some level “titillated by the occult.”... “And, ironically, horror fans will actually have a pretty intense experience, but it won’t be experience that they expected. It’s not spectacle. It’s not people walking up the side of the walls. It’s … real exorcism. It’s evil. You see evil,” they explained.

By  Fr. Ed Broom, OMV, Catholic Exchange - The Second Sunday of Easter is Divine Mercy Sunday. Among the most important highlights in the Pontificate of Pope St. John Paul II was the end of April in the year 2000. This great modern saint accomplished two extraordinary feats on that same day. He carried out the first canonization of the new millennium, raising to the altar of Saint Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938)—known as the Secretary of Divine Mercy. Then the Holy Pontiff proclaimed the Second Sunday after Easter to be Divine Mercy Sunday.

By Andrew J. Peach, Crisis Magazine - The Catholic Church is facing a “priest crisis” in two senses: (1) fewer men are entering the priesthood and (2) many who are entering are not fit for the office. A diocesan priestly promise of poverty may alleviate both problems... Diocesan priests currently make two promises—ones of celibacy, and one of obedience to the local ordinary (bishop)... (with the) expectation that diocesan priests “will lead a life of simplicity consonant with the people they serve,” diocesan priests do not make a promise of poverty.