1Peter5, Maike Hickson: In the wake of the sudden and sad death of Cardinal Joachim Meisner, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has just revealed in a new 5 July interview … Continue reading
Rorate Caeli: So many great names of the past deserve to be remembered! So many great men and women who shaped the debate in their nations and throughout the world. We now honor the memory of a great Italian, poet and … Continue reading
The outrageous accolade comes as a Tweet from the French Bishops’ Conference. If this is the work of a saboteur then the bishops must expose the crime. Rorate Caeli: Simone Veil, who died last week in Paris, was a woman … Continue reading
[I wrote the story of Frances Allen for our website here] National Catholic Register, Stephanie Mann: In describing the conversion of Sister Frances Margaret Allen I concluded: “Like all converts, Fanny Allen had to overcome many obstacles, including the almost inbred fear and … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Cardinal Joachim Meisner, the archbishop emeritus of Cologne who was a strong defender of the Church’s doctrine and orthodoxy, has died at the age of 83. The German cardinal died “peacefully” after falling asleep while on vacation in Bad … Continue reading
And she is now doing fine. She had heard everything while in a coma, EVERYTHING. Even the decision to take her off life support. So Share This, Heather Laskin: She might not call it a miracle, but everyone else who has … Continue reading
“Gather the children in this wild country and teach them what they should know for salvation” (Our Lady’s words to Adele Brise in 1859) You can find the whole story of this marvelous apparition of Our Lady and her message … Continue reading
In his book Jesus Christ Salvation of All, the new Prefect, Archbishop Luis Ladaria, wrote, “It is inconceivable that salvation, as it is presented in the New Testament, is only for Christians and not for those who do not know Christ” [p. 117]. … Continue reading
Aleteia, Zelda Caldwell: The remains of a 1,600-year-old Byzantine basilica have been discovered at the site of the Councils of Nicaea, at the bottom of a lake in northwest Turkey. “We have found church remains. It is in a basilica plan … Continue reading
Good article here by Monsignor Pope. Read the whole piece. Community in Mission: Almost two decades ago, as a younger priest, I remember trying to save a marriage. Sadly, by the second counseling session I concluded that the couple really … Continue reading
Rorate Caeli: I have just learned that His Eminence Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Faith since July 2, 2012, has been dismissed by Pope Francis on the exact expiry date of his five-year mandate. See here.
I did not realize how anti-Catholic Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was until reading his bio just now in Wikipedia. Raised Catholic by his mother (although never baptized on account of his father’s anti-Catholicism), he lost whatever faith he had as he … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Public approval for same-sex marriage has skyrocketed in the US, with nearly two-thirds of respondents favoring legal recognition of homosexual unions in a new survey. See Pew report here.
Catholic Culture: One of the new cardinals created by Pope Francis in the June 28 consistory was imprisoned by his nation’s Communist regime for three years. More here with link.
There are three saints who were actually born in what would be, or later became, the United States: Mother Seton, Catherine Drexel, and Kateri Tekakwitha, the Iroquois virgin. And one Blessed, Sister Miriam Theresa Demjanovich from Bayonne, New Jersey. Father … Continue reading
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