The Shroud of Turin, Jared Staudt, Ph.D: This Triduum we can take a virtual pilgrimage to Notre Dame in Paris to honor the Crown of Thorns on Good Friday and to Turin on Holy Saturday to venerate the Shroud. As we are confined … Continue reading
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The Miracle of Saint Joseph That Rescued the 21 California Missions and Their 100,000 Indians
Catholic Exchange, Patrick M. Laurence: Today the remnants of twenty-one missions, six pueblos, and four presidios bear witness to the former presence of Spain’s missionaries, soldiers, and settlers in California. Whether it be its numerous place names of Spanish origin … Continue reading
Female Deacons on Rome’s Study List? Didn’t Pope John Paul Settle That for Good?
Pope John Paul II defined that “priestly ordination” can only be conferred on men (baptized of course). “Wherefore, in order that all doubt may be removed regarding a matter of great importance, a matter which pertains to the Church’s divine … Continue reading
Can We Know the Exact Date of Our Lord’s Death?
Yes! National Catholic Register, Jimmy Atkin: We are in the midst of our annual celebrations of Jesus’ death and resurrection. We all know that this happened in Jerusalem in the first century. That separates Jesus from mythical pagan deities, who … Continue reading
The Sad and Glorious Case of Venerable Cornelia Connelly
National Catholic Register, Michael O’Neill: Venerable Cornelia Connelly is an odd case of vocational discernment. She was a mother, wife of an Episcopal minister, wife of a Catholic priest, and foundress of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, although … Continue reading
The Whiskey Priest and the Grace of Fortitude
Crisis, Peter A. Kwasniewski: In February, I read a novel for a men’s book club (back then, we still had the good fortune to be able to meet for normal social interactions; March’s meeting got canceled). The novel was Graham Greene’s The … Continue reading
Holy Saturday: Archbishop Vigano Asks All Bishops and Priests to Pray Exorcism Prayer 3pm Rome Time
The Remnant: ON OCTOBER 13, 1884, Leo XIII had a terrible vision of the assault of the powers of Hell against Holy Mother Church, and ordered the prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel to be said at the end of … Continue reading
‘Last Things’: Just a Great Article with Much Wisdom and Humor
NOR, David Mills: She was leaning her head on her dad’s shoulder, the girl with her parents two rows in front of me at Ash Wednesday Mass. When she stood up, she reminded me of myself in junior high, wearing jeans … Continue reading
Satan Divided Against Satan in Melbourne Cathedral Vandalism
Upside-down crosses joined with ‘Rot in hell”? Sick vandals! CNA: St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne was vandalized overnight Wednesday, hours after Cardinal George Pell was acquitted by Australia’s High Court of a sexual abuse conviction and released from prison. The … Continue reading
Deo Gratias: Cardinal Pell Is a Free Man
National Catholic Register, Ed Condon and JD Flynn/CNA After an ordeal that began nearly four years ago, and more than 13 months of imprisonment, Cardinal George Pell is expected to be released from prison imminently, after his conviction for five alleged … Continue reading
Brooklyn Landlord Waives April Rent for His 80 Tenants
CNA: “My Catholic faith brought it upon me to make this decision. I pray every day, and when I have extra time, when I’m in quarantine, I pray and I ask the good Lord to please conquer this vicious virus.” … Continue reading
Ireland: Priest Invites Moslems to Join Him and Give Final ‘Blessing’ in Their Own Blasphemous Prayer
Church Militant, Jules Gomes: Muslims, invited by a Catholic priest in Ireland to pray alongside him during the celebration of the Holy Eucharist, prayed the Adhan — the Islamic call to prayer that categorically proclaims Islam’s supremacy over its forebears — Judaism and Christianity. Father Stephen … Continue reading
Colombia: Kidnapped, Rosary Kept Her Hopes Up for 453 Days
This is a tremendous account of Catholic fortitude that should have been headlines on Catholic news sites… CNA: Diana María Toro Vélez was kidnapped on a September day, as she drove home from Mass in the Colombian city where she … Continue reading
The Use of Irony in Saint John’s Passion Account
Community in Mission, Monsignor Pope: Last Sunday’s Gospel about the raising of Lazarus points to a supreme irony in the Gospel of John: Jesus’ very act of raising Lazarus from the dead confirms the Jewish temple leaders in their conviction … Continue reading
Unpatriotic Churches Raided and Closed in China
Bitter Winter, Zheng Jie: Since the new Regulations on Religious Affairs came into force in 2018, the Catholic churches that are not part of the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association and don’t have official registration certificates have been deemed illegal. The signing … Continue reading
