ChurchMilitant: Eight years after finding a shattered statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary next to a dumpster in Grand Rapids, Michigan, thousands of Catholics process it through the streets of Chicago as a beacon of hope. On Friday, several thousand people processed … Continue reading
Book Pick. This convert had gusto. A priest of no compromise dedicated to converting England to the Catholic Faith. Too controversial for his bishop. This should be a biography worth reading. Father Ignatius Spencer by Gerard Skinner. National Catholic Register, … Continue reading
Charlotte Was Both, Amy Welborn:: Men of Galilee, why are you standing here looking at the sky? No matter what the current structure of the American episcopacy tells us, today is Ascension Thursday. Sorry. It just is. That question up there is from … Continue reading
CathNews: Schools including All Hallows’, Loreto College at Coorparoo, St Rita’s College Clayfield and Stuartholme are stamping out traditional terms such as Lord, Father and Son. Stuartholme School uses gender-neutral language – including the word “Godself’’ in place of “himself’’. … Continue reading
Rhode Island has the highest percentage of Catholics (54%) among the 50 US States. Spirit Daily: A Roman Catholic bishop from Rhode Island is facing backlash for a tweet labeling LGBTQ Pride Month events as “especially harmful for children” and arguing that … Continue reading
GetReligion, Bobby Ross Jr.:In March, when longtime “Jeopardy” host Alex Trebek revealed his diagnosis of stage 4 pancreatic cancer, he pledged to beat the “low survival rate statistics for this disease.” Trebek, 78, told viewers he’d do so “with the … Continue reading
CNA: Bishops in Mexico are mourning those dead and injured from an accident Wednesday involving a cargo truck and a bus carrying pilgrims who had visited the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. At least 21 people died May 29. … Continue reading
CNA: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has said that she disputes Church teaching on the priesthood, sexuality, and abortion. The Democratic presidential candidate made the comments while discussing her own beliefs in an interview for Iowa Public Radio‘s NPR Politics Podcast on … Continue reading
The Remnant, Tess Mullins: Those who’ve walked the Pilgrimage to Chartres, France, know how difficult it is to take even a few steps more, once they finally arrive in the old City of Chartres. And yet just a short distance from … Continue reading
California Catholic Daily: [Bishop Barber] “a new law being proposed in the California State Senate is misguided and does nothing to support our efforts. It aims to strip confidentiality from the Sacrament of Confession. If passed, it would require priests … Continue reading
David L. Gray blog: In this video (YouTube Link), I push back against the myth that Freemasonry is NOT a Religion by examining what Freemasonry says about itself in it “Anderson’s Constitution of 1738”, which is based upon the ancient … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, K.V. Turley: Whitby is a small seaside town on the Yorkshire coast. As with many such British towns, during the Easter bank holiday weekend it is thronged with day-trippers and holiday-makers. On a recent visit there I … Continue reading
ChurchMilitant, Virginia Hale: Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party stormed to victory at Sunday’s EU Parliament elections, described as a “disaster” for a globalist coalition of opposition parties. The patriotic party saw its strongest ever result with 46% of the vote, … Continue reading
CNSNews, Michael W. Chapman: On Tuesday, May 21, Brazil’s conservative President Jair Bolsonaro participated in a ceremony at the presidential palace where government officials, clergy, and two bishops consecrated Brazil — the largest country in South America with 135 million … Continue reading
Rorate Caeli, excerpts from The Wall Street Journal by Benny Morris and Dror Ze’evi: Between 1894 and 1924, the number of Christians in Asia Minor fell from some 3-4 million to just tens of thousands—from 20% of the area’s population … Continue reading
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