Catholic Church

By Sheryl Collmer, Crisis Magazine - A student of (Bishop Strickland's) from way back, I recognized his preaching style, the way he tips forward like a drinky bird when he is making an especially essential point, his whole body saying: “listen.” Around three minutes into the event, he unfolded his notes; around five minutes, he began speaking from them. There was apparently nothing Hudson could do to stop him, even if he had wanted to. The bishop had something to say, and once he began to speak from his notes, he rolled like a freight train. Around the 13-minute mark, the bishop got to the IVF issue. At home, we all shouted, “He’s going there!” ....

By Matt Gaspers, Managing Editor, Catholic Family News - By now, I’m sure that most readers have seen or heard about what transpired on February 15 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City... For those who haven’t, in short, a notorious transgender “woman” (male), activist, and former prostitute who went by the name “Cecilia Gentili” was given a public Catholic funeral service — professionally live-streamed via a channel called “Trans Equity,” no less! — despite the fact that he identified “as an atheist” in an interview published last November.

By Michael Haynes, LifeSiteNews - The novena aims to invoke Our Lady's protection over the Church and the world ‘against the pressing crises of our age,’ culminating in a consecration on December 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe... Raymond Cardinal Burke has announced the start of a global, nine-month novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe, calling on Catholics to beseech Mary’s intercession on the Church and the world in the face of the “crises of our age.”

By Catholic World Report, CWR Staff - “Death is not the end. There is no death in God,” says Deacon Stephen Doran, author of To Die Well: A Catholic Neurosurgeon’s Guide to the End of Life. “While our bodily death is the necessary gateway to heaven, this fulfills our greatest desire: union with God.”... The book splits itself between medicine and religion. Part I deals with medical issues around the end-of-life, from artificially provided nutrition and hydration to extraordinary means, euthanasia, brain death issues, issues that surrounded COVID, and advance directives. Part II deals with the spiritual side of death ....