LifeSiteNews, Dorothy Cummings McLean: It doesn’t seem possible, but there’s an actor in Hollywood who won’t kiss his co-stars, let alone participate in steamy scenes. And, his principled stance has made trouble come his way. Article is here.
Category: Catholic Living
He Walks and He Walks and He Walks: This Man Is a Chronic Pilgrim
CNA: Last weekend, John Moore arrived at the Washington Monument in the US capital, after a walking pilgrimage from San Francisco that began in April 2018, in time to attend Friday’s March for Life. Story here.
Separated at Birth Twin Sisters End Up Joining Same Convent
Aleteia, Dominika Cicha and Marzena Devoud: n February 23, 1962, Cecilia gave birth to twin girls. However, she never had the chance to meet them; she died in childbirth, from complications related to her Caesarean section. Faced with this dramatic situation, the family … Continue reading
Interview With Iranian-American Convert
Sohrab Ahmari:An empty, end-of-history multiculturalism breeds greater confusion than if the West were to say, “We are this, and you are that.” Crux, Charles C. Camosy: [Editor’s Note: Sohrab Ahmari is an Iranian-American author who serves as the op-ed editor of the … Continue reading
Great Story: Two Teens Convert Mall Manger Ban to Mall Manger Promo
National Catholic Register, K.V. Turley: This is truly a Christmas tale. It starts with a modern-day Scrooge. A Scottish shopping mall decided to ban the display of a Christmas crib. The shopping mall owners flaunted their decision stating that it … Continue reading
Increible! 94 Year-Old Pilgrim Walks 570 Miles to Guadalupe Basilica
CNA: Emma Morosini has been called the “pilgrim grandmother.” Earlier this year, at the age of 94, she earned that nickname by concluding a 570-mile walking pilgrimage in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Her 40-day pilgrimage took Morosini from … Continue reading
Where Did the Song ‘Silent Night’ Come From?
Return to Order: The song ‘Silent Night’ is by far the most symbolic of Christmas carols. It is understandable, then, that we might wonder about the origin of such an extraordinary song. To tell the story of its origins we must start at … Continue reading
Incredible Story of Forgiveness
National Catholic Register, K.V. Turley: This is the story of a young woman, a gifted pianist, who, after the Nazi invasion of France, began to work for the Resistance. Her subsequent arrest and torture at the hands of the Gestapo left … Continue reading
Up From the Bottom (Part Two)
“Those who have not lived before the Revolution do not know the sweetness of life.” So said, with great irony, Charles Maurice de Tallyrand, the renegade bishop who did as much as any individual to empower the French Revolution of … Continue reading
The Death Penalty: Should It Be Abolished?
Background On August 2 of this year, Pope Francis announced he will revise the teaching on the Death Penalty in the post-conciliar Catechism of the Catholic Church. And indeed the new Catechism did just that affirming that capital punishment is … Continue reading
‘Over My Dead Body’: 85 Year-Old Will Not Remove Her Painting Of Our Lady On Her Mobile Home
Miami Herald, Mark Young: “There’s all kinds of stuff out there, but this is because I’m Catholic and it’s wrong,” she said. “With all the things going on in the world, I would think there would be more important things … Continue reading
Another World Youth Day? Well, This Is a Good Project. ‘Thank You Inmates’!
CNA: Inmates from La Joya and Nueva Joya prisons have begun the construction of 250 confessionals to be used in the Sacrament of Reconciliation at World Youth Day in Panama in January 2019. More here.
Deacon Tells of His Miraculous Survival of Russian and Nazi Camps
Denver Catholic, Moira Cullings: Witold Engel was living his Catholic faith at the age of nine years old in a place no one could ever imagine — Auschwitz concentration camp. As a prisoner during the Holocaust, Witold watched as a … Continue reading
Nebraska: Bishop Leads 2500 in Eucharistic Family Rosary Procession Around State Capital
On Sunday, November 4th, 2018, Bishop James Conley led a Eucharistic Procession around the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln. This was the closing event of phase 2 of an 18 month, three phase Rosary Crusade led by Fr. James Kelleher, … Continue reading