Catholic Church

By Msgr. Charles Pope - Family life is so central to our experience and moral life that I begin by offering a humble picture of it that emphasizes its somewhat tumultuous quality. As we well know, family life can be wonderful, but it can also be challenging and even terrible at times.  We can choose our friends, but seldom can we choose our family. Family is assigned by God and thus, we do well to understand that what we want is not always the same as what we need... Family members have a way way of keeping us humble. 

By Church Militant, Church Militant - Ex-lawman and Catholic apologist Jesse Romero is revealing disturbing details surrounding the death of California auxiliary Bp. David O'Connell... Romero maintains that a "confidential reliable informant" told him that O'Connell was shot several times in the back of the head, then his body laid on its back with his arms crossed. The manner in which the body was laid out is described by Romero as "the Judeo-Masonic killing of the king."

By Constance T. Hull, Catholic Exchange - The path to holiness cannot be won through pride. We only attain it through the humility found in a willingness to place God at the center of our lives and to submit to His will above our own. For willful people this is a struggle, since so often we want to do it our own way or to know why God is asking us to do something before we do it. The Holy Spirit cannot work freely within us and through us, as long as we are seeking to remain in control ....

By Fr.  Dwight Longenecker, The Stream - Anybody who has seen E.T. or Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the film Signs, or any number of alien sci-fi movies will have wondered about alien encounters and the possible existence of extraterrestrial intelligence. And certainly last week’s speculation over those mysterious objects the U.S. military shot down raised the topic into the headlines. When the top NORAD general wouldn’t rule out aliens, who’s to blame the public for speculating?