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This Insights eNewsletter was sent to subscribers on March 8, 2024.

eNewsletter Subject: The average man is called to holiness

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Few Catholics today have heard of the Shepherd of Hermas, but in the early Church this apocalyptic text was quite well-known and some Church Fathers even considered it to be a part of Scripture. On Catholic Culture Audiobooks, we'll be releasing this book in four parts, starting with part one: Visions. It's timely for Lent because the Shepherd is all about repentance. But one of its great charms is that its protagonist, Hermas, is just an average man, a father and businessman, with average sins - but he is called to sanctify himself and his family.

Phil Lawler takes note of another new development in German infidelity to Catholic faith and morals: The queer pastoral care of the German bishops.

On YouTube we have a clip discussing the heroic priest who is the protagonist of a classic Italian movie, Rome: Open City.

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