Catholic News Service: The compact car lifted a trail of dust as it traveled slowly along the 18-foot-tall chain-link fence, attracting the attention of the U.S. Border Patrol agent sitting in his green and white SUV. When the vehicle stopped … Continue reading
Category: Catholic America
Mexican Journalist Slain By Drug Cartel Was Member of Community of Scalabrinian Lay Movement
CNA: Catholics in Mexico are grieving the death of Maria Elizabeth Macias, a 39-year-old editor who was kidnapped and murdered by drug cartels in the border state of Tamaulipas. Macias, a member of the Community of Scalabrinian Lay Movement and … Continue reading
Anti-Mexican Race Pride: An Insult to Our Lady
On the web site Taki’s Magazine, Charles Coulombe has a brief, thoughtful essay on the immigration question. In it, he summarizes the thinking of Archbishop José Gomez — his own Ordinary, since Coulombe resides in the L.A. Archdiocese. After touching … Continue reading
God’s Plan for America in the Light of Its Post-Columbian Catholic History
Wasting most of my ponderous day churning my mind for an irrefutable rebuttal to the notion that any “place” in space could be “empty” of any matter at all, or that such “empty space” could exist within the atom itself, … Continue reading
Florida Marlins Manager Jack McKeon Prays to St. Thérèse During National Anthem
NYTimes’ Rich Sandomir: Jack McKeon’s baseball days begin in a pew. At 8 on Tuesday morning, the Florida Marlins’ manager attended Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, less than 12 hours after his team beat the Mets on a 10th-inning grand … Continue reading
Tribute to Sister Mary Anastasia Quinn Heroic Nurse of the Civil War
There is a book titled Angels of the Battlefield that relates the incredible stories of the Sisters of Charity in ministering to the wounded of both sides of this devastating war between the states. It is one of the most … Continue reading
Warren Carroll Renowned Catholic Historian and Educator RIP at 79
Christendom College News: Warren H. Carroll, Founding and First President of Christendom College and Chairman of its History Department for its first twenty-five years, died on Sunday, July 17. Aged 79, he received last rites prior to his death in … Continue reading
Update on Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Wisconsin
With the approval last December 8 by Green Bay Bishop David Ricken of the apparition in 1859 of Our Lady to Adele Brise in Champion, Wisconsin, there was no question there would be a huge increase in the number of … Continue reading
Kansas Father Kapaun’s Cause for Beatification Goes to Rome
CNA reports: U.S. Army chaplain Fr. Emil Kapaun’s cause for beatification is headed to Rome, an event the Diocese of Wichita celebrated with a July 1 Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Read full report here. You may … Continue reading
Iraqi Sister Founds New Order in Boston to Evangelize and Serve the Poor
CNA reports: Iraqi Sister Olga Yaqob is beginning a women’s religious order in the Boston archdiocese this year, to carry out the Church’s mission to evangelize. More here.
David Goldstein and Martha Moore Avery: from Socialists to ‘Campaigners for Christ’
It is probably safe to say that everyone reading this knows of the famous preacher on Boston Common of the 1950’s, Father Leonard Feeney, and of the religious brothers who accompanied him there each Sunday. Father preached the unvarnished truth … Continue reading
After 35,000 Hail Marys Runner for the Cause of Prayer Finishes Cross Country Marathon
CNA reports: Jeff Grabosky has completed his 3,700-mile run across America, an endeavor he says gave him a new perspective on America and on his Catholic faith. “It feels beyond awesome. It’s still sinking in, but it’s an amazing and … Continue reading
Doing Tradition: A Video of the Auriesville Pilgrimage
If you watch the video, you’ll see glimpses of our religious brothers and sisters. Reminder: The 16th annual Pilgrimage for Restoration is scheduled for Friday-Sunday, September 23-25. Learn more here. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byjR0bfOvt0
Mexican Bishop of Incredible Accomplishments to Be Beatified On June 5
L’Osservatore Romano: On Sunday, June 5th in El Burgo de Osma, Soria, Spain, Juan de Palafox will be proclaimed Blessed. It will be a day of joy, after a long process of one of the most complex Causes in the … Continue reading