Fatima Perspectives, Christopher Ferrara: For too long now, the Vatican Secretary of State, elevated to unprecedented prominence by the post-Vatican II reforms masterminded by Cardinal Villot, has endangered the integrity of the Faith in order to serve the worldly dictates … Continue reading
Catholic Online: Three-month-old Caitlin Dooley suffered from a life-threatening heart condition since the day she was born. Just when the Dooley family began to lose hope, St. Padre Pio stepped in. More here.
National Catholic Register, Edward Pronechen: Imagine a once-thriving town with seven churches, businesses, schools, and working families — now with less than 10 residents. Imagine all but a handful of those homes and building once alive but now mostly razed. Imagine … Continue reading
LifeSiteNews: The recent initiative of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to impose homosexual “marriage” on the country has led to the greatest confrontation between the government and the Catholic Church since the 1920s and 1930s, warned a spokesman for the Archdiocese … Continue reading
Sometimes Leon Trotsky is given credit for saying that you might not be interested in war but war is interested in you. He didn’t say that, exactly, but it is nevertheless true. I have not infrequently challenged you readers to … Continue reading
The Catholic World Report, Jim Graves: Bishop James Conley is the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska. The Midwestern diocese is home to 96,000 Catholics who attend 134 parishes and missions. The bishop grew up in Overland Park, Kansas, … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: The powerful earthquake that ripped through Italy, leaving more than 120 people dead (latest count 267), had its epicenter near Norcia, the home of St. Benedict, and drove monks there to seek temporary safety in Rome. The Benedictine community … Continue reading
This is such a betrayal, no words can lessen the outrageous affront to innocence and parental authority. Catholic Culture: In a study released today, the Cardinal Newman Society reported significant flaws in the high school sex education program made available during World Youth Day … Continue reading
Vatican Insider, Gianni Valenti: A “Chinese Bishops’ Conference in communion with the Pope” is “what we hope to see and that for which we have been praying for a long time”: the viewpoint of Joseph Wei Jingyi, the “clandestine” Catholic bishop … Continue reading
This is an interesting little article that takes advantage of a new discovery of the union of mother and child even after birth. Holy Heroes: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven on August 15th has given me … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Msgr. Charles Pope: There is a growing consternation among some Catholics that the Church, at least in her leadership, is living in the past. It seems there is no awareness that we are at war and that Catholics … Continue reading
AsiaNews: Hundreds of thousands of people, both Catholic and non Catholic this month have flocked to the nation’s Marian shrines to celebrate the feasts of St. Anne and the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. More here.
AsiaNews: Later this year, all priests must register to receive a certificate that allows them to exercise their ministry. But the request has to go through the Patriotic Association, whose statutes are “incompatible” with Catholic doctrine. Many priests, official and unofficial, … Continue reading
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: Alexander Kissler – the well-respected, often subtly ironic, conservative German journalist and editor of the culture section of the German journal Cicero who recently wrote a piercing critique of Pope Francis – has now written another important article … Continue reading
CNA: When the New York Times interviewed retired Olympian Dominique Dawes, she was asked a peculiar question: if you could have dinner with one person who is no longer living, and whose obituary was published in the New York Times, … Continue reading
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