Introduction

Father Robert Mateg: If we have a culture built on the cult of self-esteem, that precludes the possibility of remaining faithful during suffering. The message becomes "the Church is going to give you what you want, so you'll stop complaining," and that's really what we're going through in this synod of synodality. Dr. Michael Bacalik says Catholic saints oftentimes suffer the same fate because people admire them but don't actually look at what they say.