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By Dan Burke, Catholic Exchange - The devil’s sole aim is to prevent each soul from reaching the goal, and he disguises himself in the process. He will make every effort to waylay you: to get you to pause, to walk another (easier) path, to give up, or to believe that what is good is actually bad, or vice versa. Not only is the enemy seeking to keep you from union with God, but he is also trying to get you off the path and to deceive you and lure you, inch by inch, toward Hell.

By Kristen Van Uden, Catholic Exchange - The world views sickness, death, slavery as prisons – Claver saw them as instruments of liberation from sin... To quote Lunn, who, inspired by the saints had himself walked the path of conversion: “There is surely something to be said for a religion that teaches men not only to relieve the sufferings of others but also to accept with courage and – supreme paradox – with gratitude the inescapable sufferings that come their way.”

By David Carlin, The Catholic Thing - Further, I understand, and even sympathize with, Catholics who, for whatever reason, dissent from certain Catholic doctrines or moral principles and yet remain in the Catholic fold without publicly making a fuss about their dissent.  Such people think that they may possibly be wrong; or that the Church is right in some way that’s hard to see; or that the Church is right in most things even though it may be wrong in a few; or that the Catholic Church, while not perfect, is better than the available alternatives;