The Sacred Page - great exegesis of this Sunday's readings by Dr. John Bergsma

"Mr. Alvaro de Vicente on Moral Imagination" - podcast on forming children's minds in truth and goodness

Jesus' "Brothers and Sisters' - video by Brant Pitre
Paul's "Thorn in the flesh" - video by Brant Pitre
"60 Catholic House Dems Challenge Bishops -- Here's Why They're Wrong" - article
"Congressional Catholics: Let's Tell the Truth" - podcast by Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. (scroll down the page to find)

"Holding on to Hope," Scott Hahn - video
"Overcoming spiritual discouragement," Fr. Timothy Gallagher - mp3/video
"Offer it up," Fr. James Brent - video on the redemptive power of suffering with Christ

For 45 years, the Hyde Amendment and other life-saving appropriations riders have prevented taxpayers from being forced to pay for elective abortion. The Hyde Amendment has had longstanding bipartisan support every year since 1976, but is now at risk of being overturned. Please support the Amendment by clicking here: www.notaxpayerabortion.com

Why does the Church oppose gender ideology, and why have the U.S. Bishops called upon all people of good will to oppose the Equality Act as a threat to the common good? See these resources.

• "Pope Francis Again Confronts Gender Ideology" by Paul Kengor
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
  • "The Equality Act" - summary and a link to oppose the Act by notifying representatives
  • "Questions and Answers" - more detail and background, pdf file
• National Catholic Bioethics Center, "Gender Identity" - summaries of Church teaching
• Paul Dirks, "Transition as Treatment: The Best Studies Show the Worst Outcomes” - consequences of gender transition
• American College of Pediatricians, "Gender Confusion and Transgender Identity" - scientific research in support of Church teaching
• The New Atlantis, "Sexuality and Gender" - scientific research in support of Church teaching
• Person and Identity Project - basic truths of the human person
• Gender Resource Guide - especially helpful for parents
• Ryan Anderson, When Harry Became Sally - a best-selling response to Transgenderism, based on science, public policy, and natural law
• Margaret McCarthy, professor at St. John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Washington, D.C.
  • "Overruling the Visible: The Emperor's New Gender"
  • "The Slavery of Radical Freedom"

"10 Facts About Fatima Every Catholic Should Know" - read this brief summary from National Catholic Register 
"A Guide to 5 Key Marian Apparitions" - read this helpful summary of Church discernment and teaching on apparitions

May 1 is the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, God's answer through the Church to the threat of Marxism in the forms of Socialism and Communism. What is wrong with Marxism, and how does St. Joseph point to the true dignity of the human person and human labor? See the links below.

• "May Day: the Socialist Worker vs. St. Joseph the Worker" - a brief history of the institution of the feast day of St. Joseph the Worker
• "The Catholic Case Against Communism" - a brief summary of problems with Marxism and the Church's response
• The Devil and Karl Marx - biography of Karl Marx by Paul Kengor
• Laborem Exercens - encyclical by St. John Paul II on the dignity of human work
• In Tune with the World: a Theory of Festivity - Joseph Pieper's classic analysis of how Marxism degrades the human spirit.

For a comprehensive analysis of the science and ethics involved in the Church's nuanced position on COVID-19 vaccines, see the following:

• "Should I Get Vaccinated?" - short article
• "Vaccines and Other Entanglements with Abortion" - short article
• "Bioethics" radio interview with Catholic Answers Live
• "Vaccines, Ventilators, and COVID-19" video lecture
• "Statement from Pro-Life Catholic Scholars on the Moral Acceptability of Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines"