California Catholic Daily: President Bill Clinton will deliver the keynote address at Loyola Marymount University’s undergraduate commencement ceremony on May 7, LMU President Timothy Law Snyder, Ph.D., announced today. More here.
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LA: Catholics Join 90,000 Evangelical/Charismatics in Emotional ‘Revival’
Like lost sheep without a shepherd, Catholics go to the circus. Everybody has the “Spirit”; everybody is happy. Unity? Rather, dissolution and delusion. California Catholic Daily: By 4 a.m., thousands were lined up at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for what … Continue reading
Chile: Militant ‘Catholic’ Indians Burn Down Another Church
Catholic Culture: Accusing the local bishop of complicity with historic oppression, militants from the indigenous Mapuche people burned down a church in Cañete, Chile, on April 12. More here with links.
Father Brian Harrison Critical of Amoris Laetitia
LifeSiteNews: Pope Francis’ long-awaited Apostolic Exhortation on the Family, Amoris Laetitia (AL), was finally been released on Friday, April 8, 2016. A proper understanding, appreciation and evaluation of this lengthy document will require considerable time, study and prayerful reflection. But it … Continue reading
Pro-Abortion Congresswoman to Speak at Catholic Retreat Center
California Catholic Daily: The invitation to Jackie Speier to speak on Mercy in Public Life is nothing less than obscene. It is impossible to overstate her refusal to protect the unborn. Speier believes that abortions should always be legally available. NARAL … Continue reading
Brave Ten Year-Old Saves 40 from Fire
Catholic Online: Justin Peery, the owner of Good Place Farms Bed and Breakfast, explained Dunford noticed the fire from his home across the driveway and immediately responded. More here.
Tax Dollars Spent on Goofy Rock Star Addressing Congress on ISIS
Catholic Online: If you want proof that our Congress is insane, look no farther than the stunt they pulled this week on Capitol Hill. In a mind-boggling, expensive move, Congress wasted their time and your money interviewing Bono, the lead singer … Continue reading
White Dresses and Suits Donated for Poor First Communicants
Wonderful thing being done in my childhood Diocese of Newark NJ. This is the biggest day in the lives of these children. They are dressed like the angels. CNA: For many Catholic families, the day their child receives the Sacrament of … Continue reading
Ill Mother Puts Off Chemo to Protect Pre-Born Baby
Catholic Online: Kim Vaillancourt was five months pregnant when she, her husband Phil and their two children welcomed three sisters into their family. Two days later, the family was set to celebrate Christmas but instead of a family meal and presents, … Continue reading
High-Ranking Jesuit Says Door Now Open for Divorced/Remarried to Receive Communion
www.chiesa, Sandro Magister: In presenting the post-synodal exhortation “Amoris Lætitia” today, in the latest issue of “La Civiltà Cattolica” – promptly released in conjunction with the publication of the papal document – Fr. Spadaro shows no hesitation in declaring that … Continue reading
Charity at a Utah Denny’s
Not headlines, but a beautiful story. NBCNews: The tale is heartwarming and a little bit heartbreaking. And now the man in a photo and story that has gone viral is sharing the reason behind it all. More here.
Study Finds That the Shroud and the Sudarium Covered the Same Man
Aleteia: The study thus supports what tradition has held for more than two millennia: that the two cloths came from the same historical person, who, according to this tradition, was Jesus of Nazareth. The Shroud of Turin would have been the … Continue reading
Syrian Refugees Accepted in US Only One Percent Christian
CNSNews: As the administration pushes ahead with a “surge” of Syrian refugee processing aimed at reaching its target of 10,000 this fiscal year, the proportion of Christians among those admitted remains smaller than one percent of the total. More on … Continue reading
Blessed Maria Restituta: Beheaded by the Nazis
Aleteia: Sister Maria Restituta began Lent of 1942 under arrest. She was taken on Ash Wednesday. Her crime: “hanging crucifixes.” She was sentenced to death. The following year, on Tuesday of Holy Week, she was executed. Read more of her story … Continue reading
Unworthy Communion: St. Paul Warning Text Not in Novus Ordo Readings
New Liturgical Movement: Instead, in keeping with a programmatic decision to avoid what they considered “difficult” biblical texts,[5] the revised Lectionary altogether omits 1 Corinthians 11:27–29. St. Paul’s “stern warning” against receiving the Body and Blood of the Lord unworthily, that … Continue reading
