Catholic Church

By  Elizabeth Yore, The Remnant - Once upon a time, in the tiny Vatican City State, Benedict XVI, the soon-to-abdicate Pope, ordered his three most trusted confidants to undertake a top-secret investigation into the financial, sexual, and moral scandals at the Vatican... The three prelates dutifully investigated, interviewed key prelates and Vatican employees, reviewed documents and videos, and scoured archives for information.

The John-Henry Westen Show - Fr. James Altman joins John-Henry on today's episode for a discussion about the various aspects of divine mercy, in anticipation of the Feast of the Divine Mercy this coming Sunday, as well as an astounding revelation to St. Faustina on the day of Pope Francis' birth in 1936.

By Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, Joseph M. Eble, MD, Catholic World Report - Even when a patient has clinically died, as indicated by the absence of all signs of life, we should remain humble before the mystery of God’s creation, and not presuppose to know with certainty the exact moment when the soul has left the body.

By Joannie Watson, Integrated Catholic - In the octave of Easter, the Church simultaneously celebrates the Divine Mercy novena. This wasn’t the idea of the Church, but the request of Jesus. “I desire that the First Sunday after Easter be the Feast of Mercy” (Diary 299). He asked that the feast be preceded by a novena that would grant great graces – “By this novena, I will grant every possible grace to souls” (Diary 796). The Feast of Divine Mercy was purposely linked to Good Friday – the day we call good precisely because of the mercy poured out on us that day – and Easter.