Five areas are worthy of assessment: migration, tyranny, China, climate change and Islam.
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Read MoreHoly Week ended, and so did the pontificate, in the loggia of St. Peter’s for the Urbi et Orbi. Francis had a good death, edifying and mercifully quick, dying according to a liturgical rhythm.
Read MorePope reminded us that reconciliation between peoples may include government policies and enormous spending but it can't be reduced to that
Read MoreThe mercy of God is invoked at any Catholic funeral, and Divine Mercy has been a mainstay of papal life for 25 years.
Read MoreOf all the great basilicas of Rome, the one dedicated to the Blessed Mother was his favorite.
Read MoreSt. John Paul II, as a young priest, was renowned for telling his penitents, after thoroughly examining the question at hand: “You must choose.” That is suitable for the confessional, not for a papal document.
Read MoreTo certain traditional Catholic ears, the pontiff from Buenos Aires was cause for concern. To more worldly ears, he was cause for rejoicing
Read MoreThe scriptures' chronicling of the resurrection of Jesus Christ gives hope to a world where inflated bullies continue to wreak havoc on those within their grip
Read MoreJesus’ final words from the Cross — ‘It is finished’ — do not signal an end, but a consummation. Through the Creed and the Cross, we are invited into the mystery that continues through the Church, the sacraments, and the promise of resurrection.
Read MoreThe sixth word Christ utters from the cross brings us to the death of the Lord Jesus, crucified for our sake.
Read MoreThe fifth word from the cross points to Christ’s real bodily suffering — and his divine thirst for our salvation — as foretold in Scripture and confessed in the Creed.
Read MoreThe fourth of Christ’s ‘Seven Last Words From the Cross’ reflects the mystery at the heart of the Nicene Creed — a suffering God who prays Psalm 22 and transforms our dereliction into redemption.
Read MoreThe Register presents five of Tissot’s works that reflect Christ’s path, with reflections.
Read MoreThe third of Christ’s ‘Seven Last Words From the Cross’ reveals the feminine and maternal dimension of the mystery of salvation.
Read MoreGod From God, Light From Light, True God From True God
Read MoreYou have to draw close to hear the words, for a crucified man struggles to speak, his lungs crushed under the pressure of his own weight, even as his body screams to him in pain.
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