National Catholic Register, Dustin Siggins: On Saturday, a Massachusetts law that could throw pastors in jail for using biologically correct pronouns took effect. But you wouldn’t know that from The Associated Press’ article on the matter. Quoting in part: Advocates for … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Here is a little instant inspiration, in the form of a particular type of orchid found in Central and South America. Named “The Flower of the Holy Spirit”, this orchid looks like praying monks before blooming, and then opens … Continue reading
Catholic Stand, Donald McClarey: Night, February 15, 1898, the American battleship USS Maine lay at anchor in the harbor of Havana. Although tensions were running high between the US government and Spain, the colonial power occupying Cuba, the night was calm. … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: The French government has proposed legislation that would prohibit internet campaigns to dissuade women from having abortions. More here.
Catholic Culture: [In his extemporaneous comments in the Latin Cathedral in Tbilisi the Holy Father said]: You, Irina, mentioned a great enemy to marriage today: the theory of gender. Today there is a world war to destroy marriage. Today there … Continue reading
WSJ: Sohrab Ahmari, a Muslim-born Iranian and an editorial writer for The Wall Street Journal in London, recalls his long journey from flirtations with Nietzsche and Marxism to Roman Catholicism. He also explains why evangelicalism didn’t appeal to him as … Continue reading
CNA: At 101 years old, Doña Penha has seen quite a bit of life. But the centenarian experienced something new on September 28, as she received her First Communion during Mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel nursing home in Rio … Continue reading
Father Piero Gheddo, AsiaNews: After I was ordained in 1953, I immediately began working in journalism, interviewing – among others – our PIME missionaries who had been expelled from China (140, including five bishops) at that time. They were quite pessimistic … Continue reading
LifeSiteNews: The Catholic archbishop of the Argentinean city of La Plata is under investigation by the country’s “discrimination” police for condemning the modern acceptance of sexual promiscuity and “unnatural” unions, according to local media sources. Read the rest here.
AsiaNews: Bishop Anthony Xu Jiwei, of the diocese of Taizhou (Zhejiang province), died yesterday due to illness at the age of 81. He was ordained bishop with a papal mandate in 2010 and was recognised by the Chinese government. Bishop Xu’s … Continue reading
Just last week there were eulogies in the Catholic media for the oldest bishop of the U.S., Peter Gerety of Newark, NJ, who died at 104. He was the bishop who threatened our good friend, the late Father Paul Wickens, with … Continue reading
Rorate Caeli: A Declaration of Fidelity to the Church’s Unchangeable Teaching on Marriage and to Her Uninterrupted Discipline was disclosed today by a group of 78 [80] Catholic personalities, including cardinals, bishops, priests, eminent scholars, leaders of pro-family and pro-life organizations … Continue reading
Catholic Exchange, K.V. Turley: In 2011, at an Easter Vigil in a simple parish church in New York State, a number of souls were received into the Catholic Church. As it does every year, the ceremony moved from the darkness surrounding … Continue reading
See Video here. And facts about Father Long’s astounding story here.
Anthony Esolen, Crisis Magazine: On my way to work at Providence College, I pass by two notable murals painted on concrete retaining walls to edify motorists passing by. One of them is executed in the brightly colored style of a … Continue reading
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