On The Feast Of The Holy Innocents . . . A Meditation On the Sins Committed Against Children
By MSGR. CHARLES POPE (Editor’s Note: Msgr. Charles Pope posted this article on December 28, 2022, and it is reprinted here with permission. To view a video he put together on this subject, please visit msgrpope.com.) + + Today, we observe the Feast of the Holy Innocents, a feast commemorating the young children, of even younger age who were cruelly murdered by the paranoid and crazed killer known as Herod “the Great.” So paranoid was he that others might usurp or limit his power that he killed three of his own sons, and his wife. He ruthlessly killed many others as well. As his own death drew near, according to Josephus, Herod decreed that in order that the nation properly…Continue Reading