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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

07-19-2026Weekly ReflectionFr. Leonard F. Villa

I am the way the truth and the life. — John 14:6

God's freedom has decided to enter the imprisoned freedom of man and creation.

In the earthly Paradise, one fact was clear to our first parents: the creation whose fruits they enjoyed, and their very existence, were not to be taken for granted: they were there, but they could have been gone.

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Communism and Socialism?

07-12-2026Weekly ReflectionFr. Leonard F. Villa

The Catholic Church consistently rejects state socialism, communism, due to their materialistic philosophies, violation of private property rights, and suppression of individual liberty. The Church also rejects unregulated capitalism and consumerism. Broadly speaking, the Church defines consumerism as the relentless, out-of-order pursuit of material wealth and the belief that happiness, meaning, and identity are found in acquiring possessions. It is viewed as an ideological trap where humans are reduced to mere buyers and life is about things to be consumed.

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Against ‘Impurity’ and Porn...

07-05-2026Weekly ReflectionDominic Pino

"Mainly through sins of impurity, do the forces of darkness subjugate souls."

Pope Pius XII

Pornography is a spiritual disaster, and the euphemisms of Sunday sermons aren’t getting at the problem. It’s not a secret that we have a pornography problem. By “we,” I mean American males, but also American Christian males.

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