The Irish Catholic: Irish missionary sisters working in South Sudan have vowed to remain with the people as the nation once again teeters on the edge of civil war. A tentative ceasefire was announced this week as The Irish Catholic … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: The Vatican is pushing for an agreement with Beijing over the appointment of Catholic bishops in China, according to a special report from the Reuters news agency. Citing confidential interviews with “two dozen Catholic officials and clergy in … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: The Vatican has moved quickly to counteract a suggestion by Cardinal Robert Sarah that priests should celebrate Mass ad orientem. Father Federico Lombardi, the director of the Vatican press office, issued a statement on July 11 saying that Cardinal … Continue reading
AsiaNews: Village authorities in Dingan, Guangxi, plan to celebrate the expulsion of Catholic foreigners from their area by opening a museum to celebrate Zhang Mingfeng, a magistrate from the Qing era who sentenced a missionary saint to death. The celebration includes … Continue reading
Abbot Dom Gueranger authored a book, The Medal or Cross of Saint Benedict, in which he affirms that the Medal is the most ancient of the Church’s sacramentals, having been approved in the eleventh century by Pope Saint Leo IX. … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Angelo Stagnaro: Many people, Catholic or not, are unaware that the city of Los Angeles is dedicated to and named after the Virgin Mary. On September 4, 1781, Spanish governor Felipe de Neve, with the assistance of two … Continue reading
Aleteia: Chapter VIII of the Rituale Romanum, a liturgical manual dated 1614, includes special blessings for almost anything you might use on a daily basis, literally — the chapter is titled “Blessings of things designated for ordinary use.” In it, you … Continue reading
First Things: Fr. Douglas Bazi is a Chaldean Catholic priest in his native Iraq, where he served as pastor of a parish in Baghdad during the American-led invasion. He suffered several acts of violence during the unrest that followed, including … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Five seminarians were beaten, and one of them required hospitalization, when a gang attacked students in Merida, Venezuela. More here.
Catholic Culture: Cardinal Robert Sarah, the prefect of the Congregation for Liturgy, has recommended that priests throughout the world celebrate Mass ad orientem, beginning at Advent. More here.
Seasons of Grace, Kathy Schiffer: Pope Francis is one step closer to considering the sainthood cause of Father Emil Kapaun, a military chaplain who died in a prison camp during the Korean War. On June 21, consultants of the Vatican Congregation for … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Carrie Gress: This 4th of July it seems appropriate to look at one of the great contributors to American Independence. Polish-born General Kościuszko is no stranger to history buffs, but to many Americans today his contribution to our … Continue reading
National Catholic Register: Mother Rosemae Pender, foundress of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist, passed away unexpectedly during the June 26 Mass for her 75th jubilee. Article is here.
National Catholic Register, Angelo Stagnaro: Very few people in history can equal Bl. Raymond Llull’s [sic] (AD 1235-1315) intelligence, learning, wisdom and ingenuity. Due to his prodigious learning, he’s referred to as Doctor Illuminatus, (Latin: the “Illuminated Doctor.”) But despite … Continue reading
National Catholic Register: Critics of China’s continuing crackdown on religious freedom allege that the Communist Party is responsible for a bishop recanting his public statements from four years ago when he disassociated himself from the state-sanctioned Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association. … Continue reading
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