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By Francis X. Maier, The Catholic Thing - Evil is an inversion of the good. The philosopher Jacques Maritain likened it to a parasite clinging to a healthy body; it draws its lifeblood from the repudiation of all things wholesome. It feeds itself by attacking the people and standards that hold it accountable to higher obligations and virtuous behavior. Thus, evil speaks eloquently of tolerance and compassion when it’s weak, but switches effortlessly to intolerance and contempt when it gains the upper hand. It cannot bear to be “tolerated.” It demands to be affirmed and its critics punished. Evil can never live peacefully with truth and sacrificial love ....

By Gene Thomas Gomulka, Complicit Clergy - Several Catholic media sources have rightfully addressed the scandalous drag queen depiction of the Last Supper at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris. Those same Catholic outlets, however, need to report how bishops like George Lucas, Thomas Paprocki, and others have been credibly accused of engaging in or covering up sex abuse and clerical drag queen parties in their own dioceses.

By Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, Bishop Emeritus, Substack - “Faith of our Fathers! Holy Faith! We will be true to thee till death.” ... This time in which we are living is indeed a time of unparalleled evil. And to see the Church, the Mystical Body of Christ, so infiltrated by evil can make us feel that the very ground under our feet has become shaky. This is all the more reason that it is so important in these times to realize that we are not on shaky ground at all – instead we are standing on a firm foundation within His Church – because our cornerstone is Jesus Christ!

By David Torkington, Crisis Magazine - When the bishops and their theological advisers met in Rome for the Second Vatican Council, journalists divided the participants into two main groups: Progressives and Conservatives. It was a gross exaggeration because within each group there were many different schools of thought. But, for the sake of the point that I want to make, let the names of these two main opposing groups stand, for in all caricatures there is always more than a grain of truth.