Note from the Assistant Managing Editor:

The words of the Pope Emeritus from November 2017 show he is aware of the pain his resignation caused, and the sorrow people feel about the current situation facing the Church.

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops' Administrative Committee has issued a statement in response to the recent sex abuse scandals. In the statement, the bishops say they pledge to "heal and protect with every bit of the strength God provides us."

Cardinal Donald Wuerl, his angular face gaunt with fatigue and strain, returned to the pulpit at the close of a Sunday Mass in early September and offered a plea for forgiveness, and a call to spiritual renewal.

When the fundamental piece of society — the family — has been shredded, it shouldn't surprise us to see similar fallout in the Church.rel.

Over just the last 72 hours, there have been at least three new twists to the clerical sexual abuse scandals once again rocking the global Church.

"You may not be rich; you may be unable to bequeath any great possessions to your children," said St. Ambrose, "but one thing you can give them: the heritage of your blessing."

That every five hundred years the Church passes through a crisis is not a novel insight.

If I were a diocesan bishop, I would quietly give all my priests the permission to use Chapter 3 of the traditional Roman Ritual's rites of exorcism.

Amid new rumours of a deal with the Holy See, persecution of Christians is at its highest level since the Cultural Revolution.

In April 2018 Parolin said: "If the government were not Communist and respected religious freedom, there would be no need to negotiate. Because we would already have what we wish for."

A culture of disdain for disabled and elderly persons is more likely to come about if we embrace a right to assisted suicide. Each endorsement of suicide endangers not only the lives but also the human dignity and quality of support relationships of persons with burdensome infirmities.

The results confirm a long pattern of data: Transgender teens attempt suicide more frequently than adolescents generally.

In its rage against normalcy, the madness of a few would make madmen of all of us.

She thinks that because of modern science we have more reason today to trust in the faithfulness of God the Creator than people in her time ever did. And I agree.

Don't wait for the perfect man or woman to present him or herself before you. The right person will become perfect at your side.

The Catholic Church is in the business of preserving ethnic customs, not destroying them.