(Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham / Fr James Bradley) I have been watching the PBS series, Call the Midwives , which f ollows the nurses, midwives and nuns from Nonnatus House, who visit the expectant mothers of Poplar, providing the poorest women with the best possible care. As I observe the way these Anglican nuns are portrayed, it strikes me that they are more like Catholic nuns than many Catholic nuns after Vatican II (see chapter 5 of my book). Thus, the story featured in this post does not surprise me, especially after Pope Benedict's  launching of the United States’ ordinariate for disaffected Anglicans seeking communion with the Catholic Church.  From  the Apostolic Constitution  Anglicanorum Coetibus , given in Rome, at St. Peter’s, on Nov. 4, 2009: “In recent times the Holy Spirit has moved groups of Anglicans to petition repeatedly and insistently to be received into full Catholic communion individually as well as corporately.”

In my book I wrote of  Pope  Paul’s teaching that Satan is the clever tempter who makes his way into man through the sensual, the libido, a “crack” through which the Evil One attempts to prevail against the Church. W hen people in the media or elsewhere take issue with Catholic teaching, rarely does it concern the Hypostatic Union, the Vatican’s guidelines on road rage, or the Vatican Conference on Extraterrestrial Life .  No, those things with which they take issue bear directly or vicariously on their sexual lives — in this instance , homosexuality.  Remember Our Lord’s words on this: "What comes out of a man is what defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, fornication, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a man."

Detroit archbishop joins Catholic leaders in condemning family separation at the border "Even people who have broken the law deserve to be treated with dignity," said Archbishop Allen Vigneron. COURTESY OF THE CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF DETROIT The Trump administration’s policy of separating families at the border has generated criticism and condemnation. The so-called "zero tolerance" policy resulted in the separation of 1,995 children from their families during the six-week period between April 16 and May 31. That number is now estimated to be well over 2,000 children.  This weekend,  current first lady  Melania Trump as well as all living former first ladies — both Republican and Democrat — spoke out against the policy.  Christian leaders across denominations have also publicly condemned the measure.  Last week, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops released a  statement .  “While protecting our borders is import...

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