Michael R. Heinlein

Looking for a Cardinal who had the right stuff? Cardinal George was a man of authenticity and integrity, truly pastoral and holy, a clear and articulate teacher of the Faith. And he’s as much needed now as when he was with us. I invite you to encounter him in “Glorifying Christ.”

A novena of remembrance as we approach the death anniversary of Cardinal George on April 17.

@HeinleinMichael I know that Cardinal George has not been declared yet even a Servant of God, but tonight I want to place a dear friend under his intercession.

Both the Vatican nunciature (its embassy) and the Pentagon confirmed to @OSVNews a meeting took place. But the Pentagon disputed the characterization of the meeting in some media reports, while the nunciature did not offer specifics about topics or tone: osvnews.com/pentagon-dispu…

"La santità (...) non è un privilegio per pochi, ma un dono che impegna ogni battezzato a tendere alla perfezione della carità, ossia alla pienezza dell’amore verso Dio e verso il prossimo. La carità è, infatti, il cuore della santità alla quale tutti i credenti sono chiamati"

"During that time, we received discouraging news: a negative pregnancy test. After a long and complex process, the result seemed clear and final. We were heartbroken. The possibility that our desire to raise children might not be realized suddenly felt very real." And which one of the "husbands" was "pregnant" and unable to conceive? Asking for a friend who is a biologist. But, seriously, what Jim Martin and Co. are promoting and propagandizing in this and other pieces is blatantly contrary to moral truth and natural law. It is scandalous. Many times over.

The devil once came to St. Teresa of Jesus, as she told the story, disguised as the Risen Christ. But she immediately rejected him. Before he left, though, he asked how she knew. She answered: “Because you have no wounds.”

"The Church speaks, in moral and doctrinal issues, a philosophical and theological language in a society that understands, at best, only psychological and political terms." -Francis Cardinal George Half the media coverage of the 2026 convert class reminds me of this quote

RT @catholicourtney: Christ is Risen! Happy Easter! Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd of 50,000 as he gives his Urbi et Orbi Easter blessing…

The powerful witness and quiet charisma of Leo XIV makes me wonder if – despite my misgivings about points of detail – he could emerge as one of our great popes.

“Miracles are the world as God wants it to be, as it will be, when Christ returns in glory. But in order to get there with him, you have to embrace the cross, you have to be with him, to sit at the foot of the cross.” —Cardinal Francis E. George, O.M.I.

From Fulton Sheen’s last Good Friday sermon: “Show me your hands. Have you a scar from giving? A scar of sacrificing yourself for another? Show me your feet. Have you gone about doing good? Were you wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?”

Pope Leo XIV on carrying the cross during tonight's Via Crucis: "Christ still suffers, and I carry all these sufferings, too, in my prayer." osvnews.com/i-carry-all-th…

And it was night

“El #JuevesSanto es un día de ardiente gratitud y auténtica fraternidad. Que en la adoración eucarística en cada parroquia y comunidad contemplemos el gesto de Jesús, arrodillándonos como Él lo hizo, pidiendo la fuerza para imitarlo en el servicio con el mismo amor” #Papa

Pope Leo XIV washes the feet of 12 priests on Holy Thursday in imitation of Christ who washed the feet of the Apostles at the Last Supper.

Wishing you a blessed Easter Triduum from Pope Leo XIV’s Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper in the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran.

To whom does space belong? As NASA's Artemis II launched tonight, the Vatican's Caritas in Veritate Foundation is reminding the world that "space must remain a common good, with clear legal norms and a sense of responsibility toward all humanity and future generations." God bless the Artemis II team and prayers for a safe journey! #NASA #Artemis

How is a bishop absent so regularly from his diocese? And during Holy Week?