Catholic Church

By Msgr. Charles Pope - The first reading from Monday’s Mass (Monday of the 5th Week of Lent) is the story of Susanna, an extraordinary moral tale from the Book of Daniel. The full passage (which is quite lengthy) can be found here: Daniel 13:1-62. Interestingly, it is missing from Protestant bibles, which use a truncated version of the Book of Daniel. It is not well-known among Catholics, either, because it is only read once each year, at a weekday Mass... The story is of a beautiful young woman, Susanna, who is married to a man named Joakim. ...

By Jim Graves, EWTN News - Thoughts from Archbishop Joseph Naumann, and Bishops Ronald Gainer, Liam Cary, Thomas Tobin, Michael Burbidge, Thomas Paprocki, Joseph Coffey, Joseph Strickland and Timothy Freyer... I asked nine active Catholic bishops working in different parts of the United States to comment on issues of public policy and culture they thought important to the country. The following are their thoughts. ...

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - The work of “Popesplaining” is bound to produce frustration, because Pope Francis rarely clarifies his problematical statements. (Dubia, anyone?) I admire the loyal Catholics who take it upon themselves to explain away difficulties, confident that the Supreme Pontiff would endorse their arguments. But he never does. On the contrary, when his subsequent statements shed more light on his true intentions, they usually underline the problems.