Catholic Church

By Stephen P. White, The Catholic Thing - Lent is a time of preparation, of looking ahead. Lent is somehow dearer to me since Dad died. The hope of Easter is the hope of things yet to come, the hope of restoration, of resurrection. But hope is not for the future only. Hope changes the possibilities for how we suffer, for what we are willing to suffer. Hope allows us, like St. Paul, to “count all as loss,” here and now. Hope frees us.

By Bishop Michael F. Olson and Jason T. Eberl, EWTN News - It is vitally important for scholars to continue deliberating the validity of the neurological criterion to inform the Catholic magisterium’s discernment of whether what they learn of brain death continues to cohere with the Church’s traditional understanding of the nature of the human person...

By Msgr. Charles Pope - The Gospel this Sunday is about a man who had two sons, both of whom forsook him and refused to relive in relationship with him. Although the sons seem to have very different personalities (one outwardly rebellious, the other outwardly obedient), their internal struggles are similar. In effect, neither of them really wants a relationship with his father. Both prefer what their father has or can give them to their father himself.

By  Michael J. Matt, Editor, Remnant TV - In this episode of The Remnant Underground, Michael Matt takes a look at recent events and the major players behind them: As Putin gives his Federation a Christian facelift, Pope Francis consecrates Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Plus, Michael finally reveals his thoughts regarding this consecration.