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
Category: Catholic Living
Famed Philippine Boxer/Statesman Joins Bishops in Fight Against Birth Control
CNA report: Champion boxer Manny Pacquiao has sided with the Philippines’ Catholic bishops in a continuing controversy over a reproductive health bill that would fund access to free contraceptives. Pacquiao said he would never have been born or become an … Continue reading
A Good Catholic Man, Husband, Father, Teacher, Statesman Receives a Heavy Cross on Good Friday
I was very moved by this story in the Catholic Phoenix. It bespeaks the mystery of suffering with Christ as willing victim. Mike Hamann could use our prayers right now. Mike Hamann is a Democrat with a strong independent streak, … Continue reading
God’s Rights Come First: Evil Art Destroyed
Bravo et merci beaucoup to the French Catholic youths, who concluded that God’s rights come before someone’s blasphemous and sacrilegious “freedom of expression.” From CWN: Armed with hammers and screwdrivers, four protestors in Avignon destroyed a blasphemous 1987 photograph of … Continue reading
Courageous Filipino Medical Workers Stay at Their Posts in Libya
UCANews: Filipino medical workers who decided to stay in Libya despite the war are considered “heroes” by the Libyan people, a Filipino Catholic priest reported. Read more here.
Argentina’s Bishops Call Faithful to Pray Rosary Friday for Day of the Unborn Child
Former President Carlos Menem signed a declaration in 1998 that designated March 25 as the Day of the Unborn Child Zenit News: The bishops of Argentina are encouraging the faithful to observe the Day of the Unborn Child this Friday … Continue reading
Chinese Catholic Doctor Has Been Curing About 80% of His Leukemia Patients Since 1985
Asia News: When asked what drove his life, he replies that his Catholic faith has played a “tremendous” part. “I often say – he tells the South China Morning Post – that we have our patients at heart rather than … Continue reading
“I Want to Live for Christ and I Want to Die for Him” Shahbaz Bhatti
Catholic Online: Shahbaz Bhatti was the only Christian member of the Parliament of Pakistan. He was executed in cold blood by militant Muslims on March 2, 2011. Over 10,000 people gathered on March 4 in Khushpur to commend him to … Continue reading
“No Amount of Iron in the Weight Room is Equal to the Iron Nails of the Cross” MPD Officer David More RIP
A tragic and beautiful story is found here on the CNA website. I’ve read about (and written about) a few saintly young men and women who were taken by God in their youth in the past few decades or so, … Continue reading
100% Pro-Life Chile Lowest Maternity Deaths in Latin America
CNA reports: President of Chile Sebastian Pinera, said March 2 that human rights, especially the right to life from conception to natural death, must be protected in order to achieve comprehensive human development. Read more here.
Misery Does Not Always Love Company
Yesterday, a friend sent me a link to this story, with the remark, “At least you’re not the only ones being harassed in NH.” The reference was to Saint Benedict Center’s religious discrimination case that yet remains a subject of … Continue reading
Eucharistic Adoration Transforms Massachusetts Parish
Catholic Culture: A little church in a small town, St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church was facing tough times. The congregation was dwindling, and Mass attendance was at an all-time low. The empty confessional was collecting dust, and donations were dismal. … Continue reading
‘I Was in Prison, and You Came to Me’
I just made the acquaintance of a man named Chris Quinn, who volunteers at the Roederer Correctional Facility in LaGrange, Kentucky. He and other Catholic laymen have an apostolate among the prisoners there. Mr. Quinn wrote to tell me how … Continue reading
Canon Law and Lay Apostles
The apostolate is not something reserved to clergy and religious. It never was. Long before Vatican II — which, according to a strange mythology, first asserted the importance of the laity in propagating the Catholic message — Saint Vincent Pallotti … Continue reading