National Catholic Register, Zubair Simonson, O.F.S.: What was it like growing up Muslim in the United States? The answer, in my case, is that it was a cakewalk. I’d met a fair number of people who’d converted to Islam, and … Continue reading
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Retired Cardinal Wuerl’s Continuing Ministry Gets $2,012,639 for 2020
The Pillar: According to financial records of the Archdiocese of Washington, $2,012,639 was designated for “continuing ministry activities for [the] Archbishop Emeritus” during the 2020 fiscal year. The amount is a 35% increase from the $1,488,059 allocated to Wuerl’s ministry … Continue reading
Remembering the Martyr Father Leo Heinrichs
Denver Catholic, Aaron Lambert: Father Leo Heinrichs woke up the morning of Feb. 23, 1908, and prepared for the 6 a.m. Mass at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish in Denver. While he normally said the 8 a.m. Mass, Father Leo … Continue reading
Mexico City: Man Walks to Altar on His Knees and Dies in Front of It
CNA, Diego Lopez Marina: A church in Mexico City was the scene on Sunday of the death of Juan, a man in his sixties who got down on his knees to pray at the entrance of the church, made his … Continue reading
Ethiopia: Massacre of More Than 100 Christians
CNN Editor’s Note: All of the witnesses to this massacre have been given pseudonyms at their request due to fears of retribution. Abraham began burying the bodies in the morning and didn’t stop until nightfall. The corpses, some dressed in … Continue reading
New Book About Alleged Stigmatist Claims She Was a Fraud
The Tablet, Tom Heneghan: The book about Marthe Robin is due to be published on 8 October. A new book about the late French mystic Marthe Robin, declared venerable in 2014 by the Vatican, accuses her of plagiarising her spiritual … Continue reading
Saint Junipero’s Successor, Padre Fermín de Lasuén
National Catholic Register, Jim Graves: Catholic evangelization in California began more than two centuries ago when Spanish Franciscans, first led by famed missionary St. Junípero Serra, traveled up El Camino Real (the king’s highway) to teach California Indians the Catholic Faith. … Continue reading
Jesuit Martyr Who Influenced Shakespeare
St. Robert Southwell, Jesuit priest and martyr, was hanged, drawn and quartered on February 21, 1595. To commemorate the anniversary and to celebrate the legacy of this great Catholic saint and poet, Joseph Pearce was interviewed by Jan Franczak for … Continue reading
Pope Accepts Resignation of Cardinal Sarah
CNA: Hannah Brockhaus: Pope Francis on Saturday accepted the resignation of Cardinal Robert Sarah as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Sarah, who turned 75 in June 2020, was the most senior African … Continue reading
Vatican Employees Must Get Vaccinated Or Be Fired
National Catholic Register: In a decree issued earlier this month, the cardinal who heads the Vatican City State said that employees who refuse to receive the COVID-19 vaccine when deemed necessary for their work could face penalties up to termination … Continue reading
Founders Who Scandalized the Church
Of the six listed in this article I knew one very well and once visited another one. The year was 1974. I was boarding as a seminarian in Rome at the Norbertine Generalate House where Father van Straaten lived. Forty-seven … Continue reading
New Rules Have No Mention of Vatican in Episcopal Ordinations
CNA: According to new rules which will reportedly take effect on May 1, China’s state-run Catholic Church and bishops’ conference will select, approve, and ordain episcopal candidates—with no mention of the Vatican’s involvement in the process. Report is here.
The True and the False About the Consecration of Russia
The False: Back during the 1990s, we were sent a pamphlet entitled “Two Hours With Sister Lucia” [available here]. It was generated by an interpreter whose address was given as St. Anne’s Oratory in Fátima, Portugal, the transcription with many photographs … Continue reading
Brother Andre the Undertaker
Mary O’Regan: The Holy Cross Brothers – the religious order to which Little Brother Andre belonged – were often asked by families to prepare a dead body for burial. It may sound an odd practice to us, that a brother … Continue reading
The Miller Farm: Sweet Corn and Catholic Tradition
National Catholic Register, Alexandra Greeley: Way down the road in southern Virginia sits a very appealing and productive farm run by the Miller family, thanks to Ben Miller. For anyone hungry enough for fresh farm foods — especially living in … Continue reading
