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Mercy for Heretics and Schismatics?
We are obliged to pray for the worst sinners — our own salvation depends on it. During Easter Week, Our Lord has asked Catholics to pray specifically for the conversion of "all mankind, especially all sinners." The novena of Divine Mercy is the approved devotion to do just that. It customarily begins on Good Friday and ends on the Saturday of Easter Week — a day before Divine Mercy Sunday. Read more
‘Who Am I to Judge?’
It has been almost 10 years since Pope Francis uttered his famous and most misinterpreted statement of his entire pontificate: "Who am I to judge?" I say "misinterpreted" because I had a similar experience involving a priest whose homosexual misconduct was recharacterized as a benign "homosexual orientation." Read more
What the Teen Fentanyl Epidemic Reveals
Teen overdose deaths have doubled in the past three years, and fentanyl is the main culprit. So the uninspiring "say no to drugs" strategy has proven itself an utter failure. Life's problems, according to the modern world, can be solved with narcotics. Because real transcendence is not found in a temporary high or in a secular education program that offers no lasting alternative to the stoner lifestyle, people must take shelter in true religion, the only authentic remedy for the current crisis. Read more
