CNA: Mike Piazza, the newest inductee of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, has given a shout-out to Pope Benedict XVI and his mother Veronica. “She gave me the gift of my Catholic faith, which has had a profound impact … Continue reading
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Priest Touches Scapular of Dead Man and He Comes Back to Life
National Catholic Register, Joseph Pronechen: How would you react if you saw a dead man suddenly come back to life? Father John Higgins can tell you about his reaction. He was a main part of the story. Father Higgins is … Continue reading
Dem ‘Catholic’ V.P. Nominee Gets Standing Ovation at His Parish Mass
LifeSite News: Pro-abortion Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Senator Tim Kaine received a standing ovation at his parish on Sunday and several Catholic priests praised his nomination. Meanwhile, as Catholics call for Kaine to be denied Communion in accord with the … Continue reading
Polish Bishops Stand Firm Against Communion for Divorced/Remarried
The Tablet: A senior bishop has said that the Church in Poland will refuse communion to divorced and remarried Catholics despite the landmark family document from Pope Francis which opened up the possibility. Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, the President of the Polish … Continue reading
New Book on Communist Persecution of the Church in Eastern Europe
Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald: Last week I wrote about volume I of The God of the Gulag, Jonathan Luxmoore’s study of the 70-year Communist persecution of Christians in Russia and Eastern Europe. Having now read volume II, “Martyrs in an Age of … Continue reading
ISIS Murderers Kill Priest Offering Mass in France
Get Religion, Terry Mattingly: So an elderly Catholic priest was killed by terrorists in France. These basic facts are at the heart of the latest horror story from the very tense continent of Europe. As you would imagine, a story of … Continue reading
The Our Father and Prayer as Jesus Teaches Us
Monsignor Pope: Last week’s Gospel featured the Lord insisting that prayer was “the one thing necessary.” This week, we see the disciples’ request that the Lord teach them on prayer. In answer, the Lord gives three basic teachings or prescriptions for … Continue reading
Tension in Poland With the Vatican Over Moslem Immigration
Vatican Insider: Just days before Pope Francis’ visit to Poland a Vatican statement has denounced an “artificially created fear of Muslims” which it says is being fed by some political parties in the country. More here.
Zagreb, Croatia: Heroic Cardinal Stepinac Officially Vindicated 70 Years After
Vatican Insider: On 22 July Zagreb Country Court issued a sentence of great historical and political importance, announcing the complete annulment of a sentence against the archbishop of Zagreb, Aloysius Stepinac. In 1946, the archbishop was sentenced to sixteen years … Continue reading
Apparition of the Crucified Christ Before 2000 People in Mexico 1847
CNA: It’s a major miracle that you’ve probably never heard of. On Sunday, Oct. 3, 1847, more than 2,000 people in Ocotlán, Mexico saw a perfect image of Jesus Christ crucified that appeared in the sky for more than 30 minutes. … Continue reading
Catholic Theological Society Gives Award to ‘Married’ Homosexual Scholar
This is typical of the corrupt Society that is neither Catholic nor Theological. Catholic Culture: Orlando Espin, who teaches systematic theology at the University of San Diego, a Catholic institution, received the John Courtney Murray Award. In presenting the award, the … Continue reading
Patriarch Blames the West and Sunni Moslems for Devastating Syria
Catholic Culture: The head of the Syriac Catholic Church—an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See—offered strong criticism of “American, French, English, [and] European Union politicians” whose efforts to remove President Bashar al-Assad have led to a … Continue reading
Belloc, ‘Hills and the Sea’, a Man Who Could Write About Anything
Crisis, K.V. Turley: These 38 essays are a mix of reflection and philosophy, personal memoir, and travel writing—some with English settings, some foreign. In fact, the geography with which this travel writing is concerned is mostly the Pyrenees and a … Continue reading
The Sudarium and the Shroud, a Part of the Ancient Liturgy
This is an intriguing article explaining the liturgical significance of the altar linen and corporal in reference to the burial and resurrection of Christ. National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: A German theologian and friend of Benedict XVI, drawing on the … Continue reading
The ‘Gaucho’ Priest and Blessed Jose Sanchez del Rio to Be Canonized October 16
CNA: If Jose Brochero doesn’t sound like a Gaucho name, nothing does. Earlier this year, Pope Francis announced Oct. 16 as the canonization date for Blessed Brochero, a fellow countryman from Argentina also known as the “Gaucho priest.” More here.
