CNA: A surgeon, retired army officer, missionary, and Catholic religious sister is among the featured speakers at this week’s Republican National Convention. The convention, which takes place over four days this week, will officially nominate President Donald Trump for reelection. … Continue reading
Category: Catholic America
The Religion of America IV: Can These Bones Live?
The events that have transpired since our last instalment have cast everything said thus far into exceedingly and uncomfortably stark relief. Across the United States, cities have burned, shops been looted, and the statues not merely of Confederate stalwarts but … Continue reading
Texas: Bishop Strickland Offers His First Traditional Latin Mass
National Catholic Register, Bree A. Dail: Before January, Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, had only attended a traditional Latin Mass once before and never had even said the words of consecration in Latin in the 35 years of his … Continue reading
Colombia: A Doctor Who Prays Rosaries During ‘Spare’ Time at Work
See photo Aleteia: “After a family crisis and a worldly life, I had the opportunity to feel I was face to face with God on a day of loneliness. I began to attend prayer groups, I let myself be guided by … Continue reading
‘Patriotic Virtue’: Church Militant Interviews Brother André Marie
Brother André Marie was interviewed by Church Militant’s Trey Brock on the virtue of patriotism. Brock had read Brother’s “Catholic and Patriotic,” found it informative, and wanted to get some of these ideas across to CM’s audience, especially the connection … Continue reading
What a Great Man! What a Conversion! What a Cross! What a Song!
National Catholic Register, K,V, Turley: I’ve been beat up, I been pushed and shoved, but never really knocked down. But the pain of this was more Than I’d ever felt before. Yeah, I was broke. In July 2016 Craig Morgan … Continue reading
Saint Louis Defended Sunday by 1000 Catholics Praying Rosary, BLM a No Show
These defenders of the Faith (priests, sisters, and laity) risked their lives in showing up in Saint Louis and praying Rosary. Moslem activists and BLM thugs had threatened violence. From Rome: See video here. https://fromrome.info/2020/07/13/catholics-overwhelm-blm-in-saint-louis-mo-to-defend-statue-of-st-louis/
S Junípero Serra, Founder of the American West
Crisis, Patrick M Laurence:The story of the American founding usually begins in the East. In that account, we speak of the War of Independence, the establishment of the American republic, and prominent founding fathers like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. However, … Continue reading
Heroic Woman Making Reparation at Site of S Junipero Sierra
Catholic World Report: [Audrey] Ortega said she was scared at first to approach the former statue site— which is now little more than a “stump” with rebar sticking up, she said— but soon had her “prayer spot” set up on … Continue reading
Servant of God Ex Slave Julia Greeley
Denver Catholic, Jared Staudt: Almost exactly 100 years ago, on the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1918, a woman, a former slave, died in Denver. This apostle of the Sacred Heart, spreading devotion across the city, was the … Continue reading
Chief Seattle and Columbus
The Catholic Thing, Robert Royal: Chief Seattle, who gave his name to the currently troubled city in the State of Washington, was pure Native American (father Suquamish, mother Duwamish). A mighty warrior, he essentially eliminated the rival Chimakum tribe in … Continue reading
Archbishop Vigano’s Letter to President Trump
Life Site News: Mr. President, In recent months we have been witnessing the formation of two opposing sides that I would call Biblical: the children of light and the children of darkness. The children of light constitute … Continue reading
From the Civil War to Eisenhower a Divided Church in America
Crisis, Charles Coulombe: The Church was certainly divided during the American Civil War—Father Abram Ryan was both a Confederate chaplain and the “poet-priest of the South,” while Father John Ireland was a Union chaplain and, later, the key leader of … Continue reading
Story of a Mormon Convert
Why I’m Catholic, Thomas Smith: Born a 6th generation Mormon (LDS), I was convinced I was part of the “only true Church on the face of the earth” (Doctrines & Covenants 1:30). As we believed that only Mormons had the … Continue reading
Catholic Church and Her Sisters Leaders in History of Hospitals and Health Care
By 1875 there were 160 Catholic Hospitals in the U.S. Catholic World Report, Kevin Schmiesing: The first coronavirus patient in the United States was treated in a Catholic health care system in the state of Washington. Catholic institutions account for a large … Continue reading