Catholic News Agency, CNA Staff: Lightning struck Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer monument, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, and a photographer managed to capture the precise moment. The lightning bolt struck the afternoon of Feb. … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Peter Pinedo: Archbishop Gregory Hartmayer of Atlanta dedicated and blessed his archdiocese’s newest chapel while on his way to catch a flight Monday. Airline workers and travelers flying through the busiest airport in the world can now … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Matthew MacDonald: Vermont legislators are considering dropping the state’s residency requirement for assisted suicide, which would allow doctors to prescribe life-ending drugs to anyone 18 or older with a qualifying terminal illness who comes to the Green … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, AC Wimmer, Joe Bukuras, Jonah McKeown: The game-winning kick in Super Bowl LVII was made by a Catholic, who later gave credit to his teammates and glory to God. With the score even at 35-35 and seconds … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Since Pope Francis issued Traditionis Custodes, restricting the use of the traditional Latin Mass, some bishops have issued dispensations, allowing their priests to continue using the Tridentine liturgy. Now Cardinal Arthur Roche, the prefect of the … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Tyler Arnold & Joe Bukuras: The FBI says it is retracting a leaked document published on the internet Feb. 8 that appears to reveal that the bureau’s Richmond division launched an investigation into “radical traditionalist” Catholics and … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: At Crux, John Allen has a characteristically insightful analysis of the tug-of-war between Pope Francis and Archbishop Gänswein, on what the late Pope Benedict thought of Traditionis Custodes. The archbishop says that the retired Pope was … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Hannah Brockhaus: In a 2018 essay published after his death, Pope Benedict XVI said a Protestant-like understanding of the Eucharist and strong calls for intercommunion are often found together. Commenting on the current situation of eucharistic life … Continue reading
The Catholic Times, CT Staff: A solemn High Mass with Pontifical Assistance at the Throne on the External Solemnity of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary was celebrated on Sunday, Feb. 5 at Columbus [Ohio] St. Leo the Great … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Bishop Robert McManus of Worcester, Massachusetts, has rediscovered the principle that a man is innocent until proven guilty—even if he is a priest. The Worcester diocese this week released a report on clerical abuse, updating an … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, CNA Staff: A statue of the Virgin Mary was untouched after the collapse of a Catholic cathedral in an earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, inflicting heavy damage with a death toll already exceeding 6,000 … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Joe Bukuras: In early January, a man entered a Benedictine monastery in Arkansas and began smashing the altar with a sledgehammer. He was about to begin breaking open the tabernacle where the consecrated bread is kept, but … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Zelda Caldwell: The French documentary film “Lourdes” will be shown in 700 theaters in the U.S., for a special two-day screening, on Feb. 8 (in French with English subtitles) and Feb. 9 (in Spanish with English subtitles). … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, CNA Staff: On Feb. 2, the feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple and the Virgin of Candlemas, a vandal desecrated an image of Jesus in a Catholic church in Jerusalem. The Associated Press … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Kevin J. Jones: A group of Catholic students was wrongly kicked out of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum because museum staff reacted with hostility to their matching blue pro-life hats, their supporters say. Twelve students from … Continue reading
Site development: Bonaventure
