Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Summertime, and millions of Americans have headed for the shores, the mountains, or the lakes. People need recreation, relaxation, and family time, and the Catholic Church wholly approves of the summer vacations— merely reminding the faithful … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: All of the Lord’s gifts to mankind are aimed at catching souls and binding them to his love, says St. Alphonsus Liguori in a homily that appears in today’s Office of Readings. All of God’s … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: On this feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola, I hope you will join me in praying for the reform of the order that he founded. Heaven knows the Jesuits are long overdue for reform. My own … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Anna Kurian: On a small island called Tinos in the Aegean Sea along a remote slope of the Patellas mountain lies a holy site that attracts pilgrims from all over Greece. Our Lady of Vryssi, or “Virgin … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Shannon Mullen: In 1988, carbon-dating tests concluded the Shroud of Turin was a 700-year-old fake. Thirty-five years later, 21st-century science is pointing to a dramatically different conclusion. The carbon tests overseen by the British Museum and Oxford … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: After an episcopal ordination some time back, I was sitting at lunch with the newly consecrated bishop, the archbishop who had ordained him, and several other older prelates. The archbishop addressed his young colleague: Now that … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: What are the roots of the widespread confusion that reigns in the West? What went wrong in philosophical and theological thought that has brought the West to what Benedict XVI once called “the edge of … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Hannah Brockhaus: German bishops and representatives of the Roman Curia met in the Vatican on Wednesday to continue discussions started last year about the German Synodal Way. According to a joint statement from the Vatican and the … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Joe Bukuras: The FBI handed over to Congress on Tuesday internal documents relating to the bureau’s now-withdrawn leaked memo that recommended investigating devotees of the Traditional Latin Mass. The leaked memo, dated Jan. 23, which originated from … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: A Marian shrine founded by Cardinal Raymond Burke that serves as a “place of ceaseless prayer for the corporal and spiritual welfare of God’s children, especially those in most need,” celebrates its 15th anniversary on … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Daniel Payne: Americans are increasingly rejecting the idea of God along with other religious and spiritual concepts, continuing a decades-long trend that shows an ongoing decline in belief in key religious tenets. A July poll from Gallup shows … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: The early leader in the competition for the Understatement of the Week is my old friend Robert Royal, with this entry: Theology departments in Catholic colleges and universities are not exactly noted for slavish orthodoxy, peer … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Jonathan Liedl: Pope Francis met with Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization, this morning in a private Vatican audience, the Holy See’s press office announced. No additional details were provided regarding the meeting, … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: The Vatican’s first auditor general has been summoned to a trial hearing at the Vatican in mid-October soon after which he will learn whether he has been successful in his lawsuit against the Vatican. Libero … Continue reading
ACI Digital via Catholic News Agency: Brazilian federal legislator Christine Nogueira dos Reis Tonietto, a member of the Liberal Party (PL), launched a campaign July 17 to pray the rosary live on Instagram “for Brazil and for life.” Bishop Fernando … Continue reading
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