Catholic Online: Homeless people are migrating to the Vatican to spend each night in sleeping bags donated by the Church. The homeless have been welcomed into the Vatican and given sleeping bags to keep warm at night. Last year Pope Francis … Continue reading
Category: Catholic Living
A Homeless Man With a Holy Mission, RIP Willie Herteleer
I just read a beautiful story about a homeless man who went to Mass every day at the Church of Sant’Anna inside the Vatican walls. His name was Willie Herteleer. He was from Belgium, but lived on the street near … Continue reading
Benedictine Nuns Offer Traditional Song and Liturgical Chant
CNA: Together with the joys of the Resurrection and feasting, this Easter will have an added delight: listening to the new album by the hit-making, Missouri-based Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles. “Many people do not realize that the Easter … Continue reading
RIP Nutella Chocolate Founder Devotee of Our Lady of Lourdes
Aleteia: This Saturday afternoon in Monte Carlo, after a months-long illness, Michele Ferrero, 89, founder of Nutella died. His company, founded in 1946 in Italy, produced the popular hazelnut chocolate spread along with Mon Cheri, Kinder eggs, Ferrero Rocher, Fiesta, … Continue reading
Bishops Condemn Filthy Movie But Why Was Legion of Decency Abandoned
I remember my father going around the neighborhood on his feet asking store owners to at least get pornographic material out of view and, better yet, not to sell it at all. If they agreed to the latter they could … Continue reading
Abp Cordileone: Catholic Schools Must Aid Students to ‘Become Saints’
In an address to the Catholic High School Teachers Convocation, Archbishop Cordileone of San Francisco said among other challenging things that: “In the end, our Catholic schools exist to help young people attain holiness in their lives, that is, to … Continue reading
What the Faith Means to Joe Lombardy, Grandson of Vince
Here is the end of the interview with Trent Beattie of the National Catholic Register: Our family tries to pray the Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet every day. Marian intercession and the mercy of God are so closely related, so … Continue reading
Cardinal Burke Mans Up
Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke was recently interviewed by Matthew James Christoff of the New Emangelization Project on the topic of the Catholic “Man-crisis” and what to do about it. The whole interview is worth reading, and not only because it wounded the progressivist … Continue reading
Indy Colts GM Talks About Mothers Who Kept His Catholic Faith Alive
Trent Beattie: National Catholic Register, Interview with Ryan Grigson Do you come from a devout family? When I hear the word “devout” I think of my 91-year-old grandmother. She has been a strong example of the old adage that the best Gospel … Continue reading
Blessed Are the Peacemakers: A Priest Who Loves to Forgive Sins
Aletaia: I was once riding in a shuttle-bus with a number of older folks on the way from an airport. They noticed that I was a priest and started asking questions about it. “Do you do all of the priest stuff?” … Continue reading
Apocalyptic Scenario: Could We Survive Off the Land? We May Have to
Hilary White mentions Triffids. Other than Tom Swift’s novels, I did read the 1951 sci-fi novel, The Day of the Triffids, when I was in about the seventh grade. It was circulating around our grammar school and, to be “on the … Continue reading
Self-Sacrificing Japanese Aid Worker Enters Convent
AsiaNews: A successful career at the United Nations Development Programme, then a senior post at Caritas Japan. Finally, the profession of her first religious vows to become a nun and dedicate her life to God. This is the story of Sister … Continue reading
‘We good. We no shoot’! A Christmas Truce
I may have posted this heart-warming Christmas story before, but I could not find it on a search. So, here it is from an AP post: With British and German forces separated only by a no-man’s land littered with fallen comrades, … Continue reading
“That’s Not Santa, That’s Your Dad”
My siblings and I were so blessed to have parents who gave their five children the most beautiful and happy Christmases. The first thing that went up in our house was the Nativity scene with all the characters in place … Continue reading
One of God’s Little Ones: Vuon, a Poor Crippled Cambodian
AsiaNews: Father Luca Bolelli: Let me tell about Vuon. The first time I met Vuon, I was travelling with some Christians from our community of Kdol Leu. As we went by the mission of Kratié, we stopped to say hello … Continue reading