Serving Christ and Connecting Catholics in Western North Carolina
Christ is risen! Alleluia! We’ll be saying (and singing) that refrain and others like it until Pentecost, which this year isn’t until the end of May.
And well we should! The resurrection of Jesus is the irreplaceable centerpiece of our faith. So much so that St. Paul devoted a substantial portion of his First
Letter to the Corinthians addressing those who thought otherwise.
“War is not always inevitable. It is always a defeat for humanity. International law, honest dialogue, solidarity between states, the noble exercise of diplomacy: These are methods worthy of individuals and nations in resolving their differences. … War is never just another means that one can choose to employ for settling differences between nations.” — St. John Paul II