Msgr. Stuart Swetland

1 month ago | ewtn.co.uk | Msgr. Stuart Swetland

COMMENTARY: All war is a defeat for humanity, but if there ever was a war with a just cause, it was World War II. Three men in particular embodied that cause. , May 8, 2025 – National Catholic RegisterEighty years ago, the Second World War in Europe ended. This day is celebrated as “Victory in Europe Day” (V-E Day). Although the war in the Pacific would not end for four more months with Japan’s formal surrender on Sept.

1 month ago | ncregister.com | Msgr. Stuart Swetland

COMMENTARY: All war is a defeat for humanity, but if there ever was a war with a just cause, it was World War II. Three men in particular embodied that cause. (L-R) Franciscan Father Sixtus O’Connor. Gen. Joseph Lawton Collins. Andrew Jackson Higgins. (photo: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain ) Commentaries May 8, 2025 Eighty years ago, the Second World War in Europe ended. This day is celebrated as “Victory in Europe Day” (V-E Day).

Jan 27, 2025 | ncregister.com | Msgr. Stuart Swetland

COMMENTARY: Pope St. John XXIII was central to maintaining the memory of World War II’s persecuted Jews. The entrance to Auschwitz 1, the infamous Arbeit Macht Frei sign. (photo: Courtesy photo / Joe Passmore ) Commentaries January 27, 2025 This year is a jubilee year.

Jan 27, 2025 | ewtn.co.uk | Msgr. Stuart Swetland

COMMENTARY: Pope St. John XXIII was central to maintaining the memory of World War II’s persecuted Jews. , January 27, 2025 – National Catholic RegisterThis year is a jubilee year. Focusing on the theme “Pilgrims of Hope,” Pope Francis in the bull of indiction for the Jubilee Year, Spes Non Confundit (Hope Does Not Disappoint), calls Catholics everywhere to give witness to the hope that is within them (1 Peter 3:15):“Through our witness, may hope spread to all those who anxiously seek it.

Jul 3, 2024 | ncregister.com | Msgr. Stuart Swetland

COMMENTARY: One of the most vital services that Catholic Christians provide to our nation is our witness to truth and the reasonableness of reason. This is especially true of our witness to the natural moral law (knowable by all who use right reason) and to the norms of social justice. ‘The love and service of one’s country follow from the duty of gratitude and belong to the order of charity,’ the Catechism of the Catholic Church states.