Let’s remember that Pope Francis publicly criticised EWTN on multiple occasions, famously stating in 2021 that the U.S.-based network's continuous attacks on his papacy and the Church are "the work of the devil", making today’s announcement doubly intriguing.
I'm a bit late reading the most controversial book among Catholic traditionalists, but now that I have read it, I can give my own opinion:
It's marvelous and I highly recommend it.
Thank you @DrKwasniewski for publishing it!
“To eliminate suffering entirely would mean, in the end, extinguishing love and desire as well. Those who love and desire cannot avoid passing through trial and suffering; and over the years, we carry within us lessons that leave their mark like scars, the memories of a journey shaped by freedom and failure, dreams and disappointments.
It is only thanks to the interplay of these elements that the wonders of the soul occur within us, allowing us to sense the richness of our humanity.
To renounce this adventure, both tragic and splendid, in the name of a presumed transcendence of all limits, could mean many things, but it would no longer be human.”
Pope Leo XIV, Magnifica Humanitas (par. 120) (May 15, 2026)
Three monks secretly left the Transalpine Redemptorists’ monastery on Papa Stronsay by boat after allegedly arranging their departure with the Diocese of Aberdeen without informing superiors
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