Those unable to receive Eucharist can have spiritual communion

By Abbot Jerome Kodell, OSBSubiaco Abbey In his encyclical, “Ecclesia de Eucharistia” (“A Eucharistic Church”), in April 2003, Pope John Paul II encouraged the practice of spiritual communion, “which has been a wonderful part of Catholic life for centuries and recommended by saints who were masters of the spiritual life.” Spiritual communion isn’t as much a …

12 steps to surviving as a Catholic family in a heretical wasteland – Bishop Schneider

ROME, May 27, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – As the battle for the very soul of the family and all its members intensifies around the world with the push for sexual anarchy veiled as “education,” the undermining of what is truly masculine and feminine in the name of “gender rights,” and the destruction of marriage masquerading as …