Catholic Weekly, Marilyn Rodrigues: Each night I read a bit from the Gospels to my young sons. One thing that strikes me is how Jesus’ preaching was often met with astonishment by people. What came from his mouth was utterly … Continue reading
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Pope to Church in China: ‘Be Truly Christians and Good Citizens’
National Catholic Register (CNA): In a video released on Thursday by Vatican Media, Pope Francis announced that his prayer intention for the month of March is for “the unity of Christians in China.” “Let us pray together that the Church … Continue reading
TLM Mass Site in Nashville Hit by Tornado, Pastor Saves Blessed Sacrament
National Catholic Register, Christine Rousselle: An historic Catholic church in the Nashville neighborhood of Germantown was among several buildings seriously damaged by a tornado Tuesday night. The tornado’s main path struck about 100 yards away from the Church of the … Continue reading
Former Superintendent of Pub Instruction for AZ Schools Says Get Your Children ‘Out of Public Schools’
Church Militant, Paul Murano: Diane Douglas, former superintendent of public instruction for the state of Arizona, is giving parents some practical advice: Get your kids out of public schools — now. Interview with New American here.
West Africa: Amid Massacres Hundreds of Thousands Flee Burkina Faso
Crux Jonathan Luxmoore Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced out of their homes in Burkina Faso as Christian communities are targeted in a spiral of Islamist killings. The surge of attacks has forced some families to flee and leave … Continue reading
Asia Bibi Hoping to Relocate from Canada to France
UCANews: Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy charges in 2019, is seeking political asylum in France. The move comes only nine months after Bibi and her family were allowed to leave Pakistan and seek asylum in Canada.The … Continue reading
Retired Archbishop Disciplined After Calling Pope Francis a ‘Heretic’
CNA: A retired archbishop who accused Pope Francis of heresy has been ordered to cease celebrating Mass in public. Report is here.
Will Our Lady Reclaim Her Dowry?
Crisis, Joseph PearceL Something is stirring in England. It’s not much. A still, small voice of calm whispering in the dark. Prayers ascending like incense. A rekindled faith. Article is here.
12 Steps to Humility
In [last week”s] Post we considered the 12 Steps of Pride set forth by St. Bernard of Clairvaux. In escalating ways, the 12 twelve steps draw us up to an increasingly mountainous and enslaving pride. St. Bernard also lists the … Continue reading
‘Just Kill It’ Billionaire Presidential Candidate Tells Pregnant Employee
LifeNews:Democratic presidential candidate and billionaire businessman, Michael Bloomberg told his pregnant employee to “kill it” after she disclosed her pregnancy, a lawsuit has alleged. Michael Robinson, SPUC Director of Communication said: “Outrageous comments such as these can pressure women to … Continue reading
Cardinal Zen Offers Pontifical High Mass in NYC
LifeSite News, Jim Hale: It would be easy to understand if 88-year-old Cardinal Joseph Zen had been weary and less than eager for an interview. He had traveled to New York after a grinding schedule of long flights, interviews, and … Continue reading
Lincoln Granted Use of WH Lawn for Fundraiser to Build Black Catholic Church
Catholic World Report: Black Catholic communities have been a part of the Church in the Washington, DC area for centuries. But it wasn’t until the height of the Civil War that black Catholics in DC began the process of founding … Continue reading
Anglo Catholicism Today
The Imaginative Conservative, Charles Coulombe: On November 4, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI issued an Apostolic Constitution, Anglicanorum Coetibus, in response to “groups of Anglicans” who had petitioned “repeatedly and insistently to be received into full Catholic communion individually as well as … Continue reading
Saint Bernard’s 12 Steps to the Slavery of Habitual Pride
Community in Mission, Msgr Pope: So you think the idea of the “Twelve Steps” is new? Well, if you think you’ve got a new idea, go back and see how the Greeks put it, or in this case how the Medieval … Continue reading
The Catholic in Alfred Hitchcock
National Catholic Register, K.V. Turley: Alfred Hitchcock died 40 years ago on April 29, 1980. It is also 100 years since he started working in the film industry in 1920. Hitchcock’s career and life had began in the reign of … Continue reading
