Recently, a news report highlighted the growing surge in religious vocations — specifically, Catholic nuns.

This is a small but important sign that the pendulum is starting to swing back. The past forty years are now appreciated for what they were: a period of disorientation and uninspired experimentation that has predominantly been injurious to the Church. Now, under the direction of our venerable pope Benedict XVI, we are headed back to orthodoxy and tradition.

May God bless all the religious. May He keep them holy, keep them firmly rooted in the Faith and true to her great Traditions. May He inspire more people to serve as priests, monks, nuns or in other vocations. And may He fill the seminaries and the ranks of bishops with orthodox traditionalists who will protect our Church and effectively share the glory of her treasures with all the world. Amen.

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