Sad and beautiful. Reminded me of the passing of Brother Hugh. He died around midnight 1979, July 11. The birds were singing. Aleteia, Anna Whiston-Donaldson: I sat at a small table in the back of the bookstore, looking out at the faces … Continue reading
AsiaNews: Spending by the Israeli government on settlements continues to grow, reaching its highest level on a quarterly basis over the last decade. An ever increasing flow of money, despite a reduction in the territory because today the Golan Heights … Continue reading
Note that Harrison Butker ended up with Kansas City not Carolina. National Catholic Register, Trent Beattie: Harrison Butker: “Our natural mothers point out things that we miss, and they have a deep concern for us. Mary takes this to a … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Jeff Mirus: The future Pope Francis investigated a Eucharistic miracle that took place in Buenos Aires in 1996. I learned of this just the other day, when we received a fund appeal which included a report on “Eucharistic … Continue reading
The Catholic World Report, Filip Mazurczak: On September 12, 1683, the Christian Coalition led by King John III Sobieski defeated the Turks at the gates of Vienna, thus saving Christendom. Venimus, vidimus, Deus vincit, the Polish monarch wrote in a … Continue reading
Church Militant, Jules Gomes: An internationally renowned Anglican bishop and former chaplain to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is leaving the Anglican Church to become a Catholic. “You can find a different Anglicanism for each day of the week — … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Christian residents of the Gaza Strip will not be allowed permission to visit Bethlehem or Jerusalem during the Christmas season. The Israeli army has announced that residents of Gaza, currently controlled by the Hamas movement, will be allowed … Continue reading
That means they want change it. CNA: The German bishops’ conference has committed to “newly assessing” the universal Church’s teaching on homosexuality, sexual morality in general, as well as the sacraments of ordination and marriage. The commitment comes at the … Continue reading
ChurchMilitant, Rodney Pelletier: A top Vatican official says it’s “heresy” to say that Judas Iscariot is in Hell. In comments made at a press conference Tuesday, Abp. Vincenzo Paglia, head of the Pontifical Academy for Life, and a close associate of Pope … Continue reading
December 15 interfaith event. And, lunch will be served. Looks like that’ll be a freebie! No meat, however, allowed for the Sikhs. Nevertheless, rules be gone, there’s a lot of carnivoring going on the UK Sikh temples. Oh, you are … Continue reading
“More than 2,000 years ago, a brilliant star shone in the East. Wise men traveled far, far afield. I mean, they were a long distance away. And they came and they stood with us under the star, where they found … Continue reading
Wonderful! The Catholic Church is not one of the 350 members of the World Council of Churches. The Orthodox are members; in fact, they are the only members that are churches. Without the Holy Eucharist there cannot be a “church.” … Continue reading
First Things, James Matthew Wilson: As a student in the fourth grade of Saint Thomas Aquinas School in East Lansing, Michigan, I looked about me and saw a great landscape whose meaning lay in the saints who had moved across … Continue reading
ChurchMilitant, Stephen Wynne: Lepanto Institute founder and president Michael Hichborn is challenging the head of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) to a moderated public discussion. Report is here.
David Alton: I was in Simile today – where ancestors of ISIS cut the throats of up to 3000 men, women and children. No memorial has ever been erected to these Assyrian Christians and the site of their bloody end … Continue reading
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