This is ideological colonization. They colonize people with ideas that try to change mentalities or structures, but this is not new. This was done by the dictatorships of the last century.

On the ordination of women, the church has spoken and said no. John Paul II, in a definitive formulation said that door is closed.

Jesus washes the feet of the Apostles. Are we ready to serve others like this.

My brothers, the United States Bishops, have reminded us, all are called to be vigilant, precisely as good citizens, to preserve and defend that freedom from everything that would threaten or compromise it.

Holy Mother Church teaches us to end the year and also our days with an examination of conscience...to be grateful and to ask for forgiveness.

Idolatry, then, is always polytheism, an aimless passing from one lord to another. Idolatry does not offer a journey but rather a plethora of paths leading nowhere and forming a vast labyrinth.

The security of faith does not make us motionless or close us off, but sends us forth to bear witness and to dialogue with all people.