Catholic Culture: Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, the apostolic administrator of Jowai, India, has reacted strongly against public criticism of Mother Teresa by a Hindu lawmaker. Gorrakhpur Yogi Adityanath, a parliament member from the Hindu-nationalist BJP party, had charged that Mother Teresa sought … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Father Jerry Pokorski: Do you know what a ‘ninny’ is? I’m not sure myself. But I get the idea that if you called a red-blooded American boy a “ninny” in a schoolyard in the 1930s you could end up with … Continue reading
Get Religion, Terry Mattingly: You cannot make this one up. I think we have to rank this one right up there in the top ranks of items that we have ever featured under the heading “From our ‘No Comment’ department.” … Continue reading
Catholic Exchange, Brian Kranick: How common is it to hear someone say, “I’m spiritual, not religious.” A very Gnostic-esque statement. One need only to glance at your local bookstore’s religion shelves to see that Gnosticism, that ancient heresy and foe of … Continue reading
California Catholic Daily: It is August 1969 in San Francisco and Professor Jerome Lejeune is addressing the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics. Read full report here with link.
Catholic Culture: A synod of the Melkite Catholic Church has been postponed, after half of the Melkite bishops boycotted the meeting in a bid to force the resignation of Patriarch Gregory III Laham. More here.
Catholic Culture: After Cardinal Joseph Zen protested the silence of Vatican officials in the wake of a shocking public statement by Shanghai’s Bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin, the Vatican issued a short statement denying any role in the matter. More here.
Catholic Culture: In his homily at a Fortnight for Freedom opening Mass, Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami lamented the persecution of Christians and took issue with remarks made by Bishop Robert Lynch of St. Petersburg following the June 12 Orlando nightclub … Continue reading
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: In May of 2016, a relative of mine was blessed to participate in a retreat in Germany about the spirituality of Saint Maximilian Kolbe and his Militia Immaculatae (MI). The retreat master was Father Karl Stehlin of the … Continue reading
Mystics of the Church: Marie Rose Ferron, affectionately known as “Little Rose”, was born on May 24th, 1902 in St Germain de Grantham, Quebec, and was the tenth child of a family of fifteen children. In 1906 when Rose was … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Auxiliary Bishop Hubert Berenbrinker of Padeborn joined leaders of the World Council of Churches and the Lutheran World Federation on a pilgrimage to Wittenberg, the German city that was the site of much of Martin Luther’s activity. More here … Continue reading
Saint Gemma Galgani ChurchPop: “During the last two days Jesus has been telling me after Holy Communion: ‘My daughter, the devil will soon wage a great war against you,’” she wrote to a priest. “These words I hear in my heart continuously. … Continue reading
Breitbart News: According to a demand letter sent by First Liberty Institute on Monday, when the squadron’s commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Sovitsky, learned that Rodriguez would give the traditional speech mentioning God, he expressed his opposition and allegedly tried to … Continue reading
AsiaNews: The Syrian Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Efrem II Karim escaped a suicide attack by a bomber who blew himself up during a commemoration in memory of the Ottoman genocide against the Assyrian Christians (and Armenians) in Turkey at the beginning 1900. … Continue reading
Aleteia: Pope Francis will canonize five new saints this October, including the French Carmelite mystic, Elizabeth of the Trinity; the “Bishop of the Tabernacle”; and a Roman Catholic priest martyred during the French Revolution for refusing to swear allegiance to the new government, … Continue reading
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