Catholic Church

LifeSiteNews Staff - Not only should we make a greater effort to turn away from sin, Strickland said Catholics ought to “joyfully embrace” the call to sanctity... “We need to make this Lenten season deeper and more spiritual than ever, because we’re living in a very dark time where people are fearful,” he said. “But we know that Christ has conquered sin and death. He’s conquered Satan. He’s conquered all the power of evil. But we’ve got to embrace the power of good. We’ve got to make our own personal choice.”

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - Liberalism—which is the dominant theory behind politics as operative in the world today—trivializes the Real in the same way that it trivializes both tradition and religious belief, that is, by positing that every attitude or idea or belief outside of politics is purely personal and idiosyncratic. ... And into this vacuum steps the State, to take care of the one thing that “does” determine the common good, namely politics.

By Rev. Peter M.J. Stravinskas, The Catholic Thing - What is this strange Catholic fascination with ashes?  By day’s end, in the Church of the Holy Innocents three blocks north of Macy’s in Midtown Manhattan, priests will have imposed ashes on the foreheads of thousands of people: fervent Catholics, lukewarm Catholics, apostate Catholics, and non-Catholics! And not only in New York City but all around the world. What power does that smudge of ash exert? Better yet, why?