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By John Zmirak, The Stream - Now in 2018, with 70.4 million Catholics listed as living in America, one thing is certain. We still have at least one bishop. His name is Thomas Paprocki. The Bishop of Springfield, Illinois just did what any Catholic bishop would have done in the past… He saw that a secular leader who belonged to the Church was advocating grave evil. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois lives in Paprocki’s diocese. He voted against protecting the lives of unborn children — even those who might be viable outside the womb..

By Father Raniero Cantalamessa, Aleteia - “Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect” (Rom 12:2)... In a society in which everyone feels called to transform the world or the Church, this word of God breaks in inviting people to transform themselves: “Do not be conformed to this world.”

By Msgr. Charles Pope - The moment of the Presentation of Jesus was one of the most dramatic in biblical history, yet almost no one noticed… Joseph and Mary have gone to Jerusalem to fulfill two ancient mandates: the Rite of Purification for a woman after childbirth and the Rite of Presentation for a firstborn male child. These rites set the stage for a dramatic moment in biblical history, a moment missed by almost everyone.