By David Condell, First Things
Don’t be afraid; and never yield to hate,
whilst knowing love, appearing so pristine,
contrasted to a thing as desolate
as death, that faker some men think supreme,
as if it were the arbiter of time.
By LifeSiteNews staff, LifeSiteNews - What did Alder Hey hospital threaten to do to Alfie and his parents that would compel the toddler’s dad Tom to read to the press what is now being called by many a “hostage letter”?.. The hospital has all the cards in its hand. It’s been granted all rights by the court, even the permission to kill baby Alfie according to what it calls an “end of life care plan” that includes the use of a lethal drug cocktail... Even the priest who was with the family in the hospital providing them spiritual support has been removed from the hospital.
By Archbishop Aquila, Denver Catholic - “Holiness is the most attractive face of the Church,” Pope Francis says in his new apostolic exhortation, Gaudete et Exsultate. How true that is! Think, for example, how Mother Teresa drew people all over the world to her ministry because of her holy love for the sick and dying.
By John Burger, Aleteia - The leader of North Korea, who just weeks ago was the embodiment of a global nuclear threat, walked across the border with South Korea Friday and agreed with his South Korean counterpart to work to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.