Catholic News Agency, Matthew Santucci: A requiem Mass was held in Rome on Tuesday evening to mark the first anniversary of the death of Cardinal George Pell and to celebrate the cardinal’s illustrious ecclesiastical career. The chapel of the Domus … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Here’s today screaming headline from the Boston Herald: Massachusetts braces for nor’easter, up to a foot of snow, flash freeze, power outages: Will there be space savers in Boston? C’mon, folks. It’s New England. It’s January. … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Joe Bukuras: Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf was received into the Catholic Church with the sacrament of confirmation by Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, Bishop Robert Barron on Sunday evening. The Capuchin Franciscans-Western American Province announced LaBeouf’s confirmation on their Facebook … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Courtney Mares: An Italian priest has been excommunicated by his local bishop for saying in a homily that Pope Francis “is not the pope” and calling him “a usurper.” The Diocese of Livorno in Tuscany issued a decree … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Last week when I compiled my list of the top 20 news stories of 2023, I consciously passed over the death of Pope Benedict XVI, since he died on December 31, the final day of the … Continue reading
December 13, 2023 interview between Mr. Ryan Grant (Mediatrix Press) and Mr. Hugh Owen (Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation) on the defense of the Catholic understanding of Creation.
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Pope Benedict XVI’s legacy “will last, bear fruit and nourish the spiritual lives of many, many people, especially the young,” his former personal secretary has predicted. Speaking to the Register on the sidelines of a … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: A new compendium of the Catholic faith has been published that aims to provide clear answers to many of contemporary problems as well as counter the ambiguity and relativism now prevalent in both Western society … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: As another year draws to a close, and I survey the most important headline stories that we covered in 2023, I am struck by how many of those stories are still developing. In fact, once I … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Daniel Payne: An Oregon mother of five has appealed a court’s ruling against her in a case alleging that the government is religiously discriminating against her by refusing to allow her to adopt children from the state … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Daniel Payne: The Vatican will publish the previously uncirculated “private” homilies of the late Pope Benedict XVI in the coming year, the Holy See has announced. The Vatican Publishing House said Dec. 23 that it intends to release … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Since medieval times, England’s national shrine, set deep in the beautiful north Norfolk countryside, has been regarded as a great center of Catholic faith, a beacon of light and hope through the nation’s long and … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Joe Bukuras: The Vatican is currently investigating miracles associated with the intercession of Blessed Justus Ukon Takayama that, if confirmed, could lead to the canonization of the Church’s first samurai saint. Japanese Cardinal Thomas Aquinas Manyo Maeda of … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Joseph Pearce: When we think of writers associated with Christmas, Dickens would no doubt come to mind, as, perhaps, would Chesterton. It is unlikely, however, that the name of J.R.R. Tolkien would spring to mind. In Tolkien’s … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: How might priests respond pastorally if they are faced with the possibility of having to bless a couple in a same-sex relationship or another “irregular relationship” but wish to uphold the Church’s doctrine on sexual … Continue reading
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