COLLECTION OF CATHOLIC PRAYERS ETC.
Food is happiness. Food is joy. Food will fill the aching loneliness in our lives. This is the marketing strategy that we have been pummeled with since infancy. We see it on the Internet, billboards, and buses. We cannot step outside of our homes without being inundated with messaging that tells us gluttony is a…
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I often present on “Stolen Innocence” with Thomas Hampson, a crime investigator who worked undercover to expose both child sex trafficking and child porn operations. One day he said to me, “Jack, this is way too big to ever arrest ourselves out of. The best chance we have to make a dent in the injustices…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis called on divided Christians to overcome their doctrinal differences and walk together in love, expressing hope especially for greater unity between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches. Speaking during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square Oct. 16, the pope acknowledged historical differences among Christian communities, but he stressed that…
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WASHINGTON – The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will gather for the 2024 Fall Plenary Assembly in Baltimore, November 11-14. Throughout the meeting, the bishops will have opportunities for prayer and fraternal dialogue with one another. Public sessions of the assembly on November 12 and 13 will be livestreamed. The plenary will begin with…
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Writing for Voice of the Family, Dr. Alan Fimister has reviewed a new book by David Hunt, Something for Nothing?: An Explanation and Defence of the Scholastic Position on Usury. (Dr. Peter Kwasniewski had previously reviewed it on X.) Here … Continue reading → The post Yes, Usury is Still a Sin! appeared first on…
“I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.” In 107, during the reign of the brutal Emperor Trajan, this holy Bishop was wrongfully sentenced…
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In an exclusive interview with CNA’s Tyler Arnold, Catholic FBI whistleblower, Marcus Allen, reveals disturbing details regarding disciplinary actions taken against him due to his Catholic Faith, his political conservatism, and his views on COVID-19 and his refusal to take … Continue reading → The post Catholic FBI Whistleblower, Marcus Allen, Punished for His Faith,…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington said he hopes U.S. voters who are as concerned as he is about the “anger and vitriol” of the current election cycle will take time away from the media to think and pray about the values important to them as Catholics. “Pray. Reflect. Decide.” Those are…
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will be voting for the conference’s treasurer-elect as well as chairmen-elect for five standing committees during the 2024 Plenary Assembly taking place November 11-14 in Baltimore, Maryland. Each bishop elected will serve for one year as the treasurer-elect, or as chairman-elect of the respective committee before…
Reading 1 GAL 5:18-25 Brothers and sisters:If you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law.Now the works of the flesh are obvious:immorality, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry,sorcery, hatreds, rivalry, jealousy,outbursts of fury, acts of selfishness,dissensions, factions, occasions of envy,drinking bouts, orgies, and the like.I warn you, as I warned you before,that those who…
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