Maike Hickson writes for LifeSiteNews : I find that I’m not good at suffering well. I just saw the other day a quote from St. Gemma Galgani that made me think of this difficulty again: “If you really want to love Jesus, first learn to suffer, because suffering teaches you Read more
Edward Pentin writes for the National Catholic Register : Pope Francis’ decision to accept the resignation of Cardinal Giovanni Becciù as prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints came as little surprise and considerable relief to those involved in trying to improve Vatican finances. Plenty of dubious Vatican Read more
Fr John Zuhlsdorf blogs : From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, I keep hearing about Peters Pence. The Vatican is misusing the collection. Can a Catholic give to Peters Pence in good conscience? Modern Peter’s Pence started in the time of the Papal States. People were asked to contribute for Read more
Rod Dreher writes for the American Conservative : So, the Amy Coney Barrett nomination is official. Gotta say that for me, this is the high point of the Trump presidency, and I’m very, very grateful to the president for what he has done. Here is her speech today at the Read more
Fr. Paul Robinson writes for Rorate Caeli : In the first months of 2015, I started what turned out to be the most difficult thing I had ever done, namely write a book (The Realist Guide to Religion and Science, Gracewing, 2018). Anyone who starts such a project knows that Read more
Timothy Flanders writes for OnePeterFive : Very few priests have been willing to publicly oppose the champions of the unborn holocaust. Long gone are the days of St. Ambrose, who refused Emperor Theodosius Holy Communion and forced him to do penance for the massacre of the Thessalonians. In our day, Read more