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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
+uCatholic, Billy Ryan: April Fools Day: the annual day popular around the world full of practical jokes, pranks, and hoaxes culminating in the jokester shouting “April Fools!” at the victim. Did you know that April Fools Day, also known as … Continue reading
Catholic Answers. Mike Aquilina: Did you know that the institution we know as the hospital is entirely an invention of the Catholic Church? Well, it was. The ancient world had all the material ingredients needed for such an institution. It … Continue reading
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