Angelus News | April 21, 2023 | Vol. 8 No
On the cover: Christ pulls Adam out of “limbo” while surrounded by other biblical figures in a late 13th-century painting (artist unknown). St. John Chrysostom famously wrote about Easter: “Forgiveness is risen from the grave.” But what does that mean for us? On Page 10, Mike Aquilina details how history, Scripture, and the experience of the apostles reveals forgiveness as the Resurrection’s most tangible result. On Page 14, Jennifer Hubbard recounts how her 6-year-old daughter’s murder in the Sandy Hook shooting led her on a journey to do the impossible.
On the cover: Christ pulls Adam out of “limbo” while surrounded by other biblical figures in a late 13th-century painting (artist unknown). St. John Chrysostom famously wrote about Easter: “Forgiveness is risen from the grave.” But what does that mean for us? On Page 10, Mike Aquilina details how history, Scripture, and the experience of the apostles reveals forgiveness as the Resurrection’s most tangible result. On Page 14, Jennifer Hubbard recounts how her 6-year-old daughter’s murder in the Sandy Hook shooting led her on a journey to do the impossible.
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Letters to the Editor<br />
An important aspect of the porn catastrophe<br />
The cover story in the <strong>April</strong> 7 issue of <strong>Angelus</strong> by Elise Italiano Ureneck,<br />
“God Can Redeem the Broken Stuff,” touches on many important<br />
points. The author captures both the devastation to self and relationships,<br />
as well as the hope there is to heal, both greatly misunderstood within and<br />
outside of the Catholic Church.<br />
The porn industry years ago realized they were missing out by only producing<br />
content to appeal to men, so it shifted gears. Taking advantage of one of our most<br />
blessed human gifts, our curiosity for what God has made, porn hijacks and turns<br />
curiosity toxic. In an age of falling birth rates, easy divorce, and gender confusion,<br />
we are witnessing the unprecedented toll of 24/7 hardcore porn on relationships<br />
and marriages.<br />
According to 2022 search analytics from the world’s most popular porn provider,<br />
the most popular search by women is lesbian content. Where do we expect that<br />
to take us? Porn is now the go-to place for not only men but also women to learn<br />
about sex. Tragically, it normalizes going outside of marriage in search of what<br />
appears to be missing.<br />
It is time to raise the alarm and create informed spaces for healing. As Annie<br />
Heyen pointed out in the article, “Satan loves darkness and isolation.”<br />
— Patrick Erlandson of Rancho Palos Verdes is the founder of “Father-Con” and<br />
the “See It End It Film & Arts Festival and Global Platform” for the prevention of<br />
human trafficking.<br />
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Selected for their service<br />
“I saw them both on the<br />
screen, with their hearts<br />
beating together and<br />
jumping at the same time.<br />
How could I kill my babies?”<br />
~ Nicole Duque, in a March 25 OSV <strong>News</strong> article on<br />
learning she was pregnant with conjoined twins.<br />
“For all the loveliness of the<br />
feast of Christmas … if the<br />
centrality of Easter is not<br />
reflected in the piety of<br />
Christians, their Christianity<br />
is lopsided.”<br />
~ The late Father Daniel J. O’Hanlon, SJ, in a 1962<br />
essay “Easter — not Christmas — should be the most<br />
important Christian holiday,” republished this year by<br />
America magazine.<br />
“It goes without saying that<br />
we can never again assume<br />
an image is authentic<br />
because it looks realistic.”<br />
~ Arvind Narayanan, professor of computer science<br />
at Princeton University, in a March 27 MSN.com<br />
article on a fake AI-generated image of Pope Francis<br />
wearing a designer jacket.<br />
“Anyone who stakes much<br />
on passing theories risks<br />
being terribly hurt. We<br />
need deep roots.”<br />
~ The Catholic bishops of Sweden, <strong>No</strong>rway, Finland,<br />
Denmark, and Iceland in a “Pastoral Letter of Human<br />
Sexuality” published during Lent.<br />
Hayley Christopher of La Reina High School in Thousand Oaks poses with Archbishop José H. Gomez and LA Catholic<br />
Schools Superintendent Paul Escala after being honored at the annual Christian Service Awards Mass at the Cathedral<br />
of Our Lady of the Angels March 25. A total of 69 Catholic high school students and 10 teachers were honored at the<br />
Mass for their “outstanding commitment to Christian service in the community.” | VICTOR ALEMÁN<br />
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Do you have photos or a story from your parish that you’d<br />
like to share? Please send to editorial @angelusnews.com.<br />
“They have finally had<br />
a big drink!”<br />
~ Janet Cobb of the California Wildlife Foundation/<br />
California Oaks, speaking to the Los Angeles Times<br />
<strong>April</strong> 1 on the impact of this year’s wet winter on the<br />
state’s trees.<br />
<strong>April</strong> <strong>21</strong>, <strong>2023</strong> • ANGELUS • 7
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